1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR C.A.No. 45/2011 in L. P. A. St. No. 19760/2010 in W. P. No. 1438/1999(d) Director of Education (Higher Education) & anr..vs.Prashant Shankarrao Popatkar & ors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or Court's or Judge's Orders directions and Registrar's orders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Kale, A.G.P. for applicant. Mr. Kilor, Advocate for non applicant nos. 1 to 3. CORAM: S. A. BOBDE AND S. B. DESHMUKH, JJ. DATED : 11 th APRIL, 2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. This is an application for condonation of delay of 435 days in filing this appeal. The learned Single Judge decided Writ Petition on 06.08.2009. The order was communicated by Assistant Government Pleader to the appellant after a period of 30 days, which expired on 05.09.2009. Moreover, it appears from paragraph 3 of the application that vide letter dated 18.05.2010, Joint Secretary, Law and Judiciary Department communicated to the office of the Government Pleader, High Court, Nagpur that an appeal should be filed. However, the appeal seems to have been filed after five months from the receipt of the said communication. There is no explanation in the application regarding this inordinate delay. 2 It is also settled law vide Ajit Singh Thakur Singh and Another ..vs.. State of Gujarat; (1981) 1 Supreme Court Cases 495 that sufficient cause must be shown to have arisen during the period of limitation. In the present case, no sufficient cause is made out for condonation of delay. In this view of the matter, the application is rejected and disposed of accordingly. JUDGE JUDGE kahale