1 58caf-4996.09group Ash FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION C.A.NO.4996 OF 2009 IN FA.ST.NO. 30257 OF 2009 C.A.NO.4994 OF 2009 IN FA.ST.NO. 30247 OF 2009 C.A.NO.4729 OF 2009 IN FA.ST.NO. 28863 OF 2009 C.A.NO.4733 OF 2009 IN FA.ST.NO. 28854 OF 2009 C.A.NO.4735 OF 2009 IN FA.ST.NO. 28876 OF 2009 C.A.NO.4731 OF 2009 IN FA.ST.NO.28883 OF 2009 Office Notes, Office memorandum of Coram, appearances, Court’s Court’s or orders or directions & Judge’s orders. Registrar’s orders. Shri A.R. Patil, AGP for the Applicant. Shri R.S. Alange for Respondents. -- CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 24TH MARCH, 2011 P.C.: . Heard learned AGP for the Applicant. Though time of two weeks was granted to file additional affidavit for condonation of delay, the same is not filed. Delay is of more than three years. The impugned award under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was passed on 27th April, 2006. On 29th April, 2006, the District Government Pleader forwarded report to the Law and Judiciary Department for preferring an appeal. On 13th June, 2006, sanction was given by the Law and Judiciary 2 58caf-4996.09group Department for preferring an appeal. The appeal could not be preferred as only the certified copy of the judgment was forwarded to the office of the Government Pleader and notwithstanding about 10 letters written by the office of the Government Pleader, High Court, Bombay to the District Government Pleader of Solapur between September, 2006 to October, 2009, the certified copy of the impugned award was not forwarded. Only on 15th December, 2008, an application for certified copy of the award was made which was ready on 20th April, 2009. There is further delay of about 7 months in sending the certified copy to the office of the Government Pleader, High Court, Bombay. There is no explanation for gross delay from July, 2006 till the date of filing of the Appeal i.e. 10th December, 2009. Considering this unexplained delay, no case is made out to condone the delay. Applications are rejected. 2. As the Applications for condonation of delay are rejected. The Applications for stay do not survive and the same are rejected. As the delay is not condoned, the Applicants are entitled to refund of Court fee in First Appeal as per rules. (A.S.OKA, J)