FAO No.1037 of 2009 (O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ... CM NO.4515-CII of 2009 in FAO No.1037 of 2009 (O&M) Decided on : August 17, 2009 Jaspal Singh and another ... Appellants VERSUS Bittu and others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.Jarnail Singh Saneta, Advocate for the applicant-appellants. A.N.JINDAL, J.- Challenge in this appeal is to the award dated 5.3.2008 passed by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat. The appeal is accompanied by an application for condonation of delay of 182 days in filing the appeal. The plea taken is that the appellants being poor and having rural background did not know the intricacies of law. They were not informed about the dismissal of their claim petition on 5.3.2008 and they came to know about this fact only in November, 2008. Consequently, the arranged all the relevant papers and borrowed money from their relatives for filing the instant appeal. The appellants had been pursuing their case before the Tribunal FAO No.1037 of 2009 (O&M) [ 2 ] and it was their responsibility to know about the on-going proceedings in their claim petition. Now, though, they have come up with a plea that the counsel did not tell them about the fate of the petition, yet, it is not mentioned as to what action was taken by them against their counsel. No affidavit of their advocate or his clerk has been appended to prove the aforesaid facts. In the circumstances, the plea taken by the appellants cannot be accepted and, thus, there is no ground to condone the delay. The application is dismissed. Resultantly, the appeal also fails. August 17, 2009 ( A.N.JINDAL ) `gian' JUDGE