: 1 : USJ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.5972 OF 2007 IN CROSS OBJECTION (ST.) NO.6552 OF 1999 IN FIRST APPEAL NO.337 OF 1994 IN L.A.R. NO.33 OF 1991 The State of Maharashtra (Through the Collector of Sangli, Dist. Sangli .. Applicant V/s. Rajaram Maruti Karade .. Respondent ..... Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh, AGP for the applicant-State Mr. T.S. Ingale for the respondent ..... CORAM : R.Y. GANOO, J. DATE : 17TH JUNE, 2009. P.C. : 1. This Civil Application is for condonation of delay in filing cross objections. There is a delay of 4 years and 190 days. 2. I have heard learned advocate on both the sides. Learned advocate on behalf of the State drew my : 2 : attention to the text of the application and called upon to extend leniency in the matter of condonation of delay. As against this, learned advocate Mr. Ingale submitted that delay in filing this application is not properly explained in any case, at the level of grant of sanction by the Law and Judiciary Department. 3. I have perused the text of the application and in particular paragraphs 2 and 3. Though the Law and Judiciary Department was moved for sanction, the application does not state the relevant dates and reasons as to why time was taken by the Law and Judiciary Department to grant such sanction. In my view, the delay is not explained. Hence, the application is required to be rejected. Hence, the order. ORDER . Civil Application is rejected with no order as to costs. (R.Y. Ganoo, J.)