: 1 : 6772-11-wp=.sxw USJ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6772 OF 2011 Nagnath Hanumant Shinde .. Petitioner v/s. Ankush Ambadas Chougule .. Respondent ......... Ms. Manjiri L. Jadhav a/w D.W. Bhosale for the petitioner None for the respondent ......... CORAM : R.Y.GANOO, J DATE : 6th SEPTEMBER,2011. P.C. : 1. The petitioner herein filed Civil Miscellaneous Application No.12 of 2010 below Exh.1 in the Court of District Judge-II, Pandharpur praying that delay in filing an appeal against the judgment and decree dated 30th April, 2009 passed in Regular Civil Suit No.250 of 2007 decided by learned Senior Judge Junior Division, Pandharpur. The learned District Judge-II has considered the record and has rejected the said application. Being aggrieved by the said order dated 22nd May, 2011, the petitioner has filed this petition. : 2 : 6772-11-wp=.sxw 2. I have extensively heard learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. The perusal of the application for condonation of delay for about 9 months does not specifically indicate the grounds, on which the delay occurred. Across the bar, learned Counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner is an illiterate person and the petitioner had instructed his advocate to file the appeal. However, the advocate did not proceed further and filed appeal after lapse of time and that is how the delay has occurred. In the absence of proper explanation in the application for condonation of delay, the view taken by the learned District Judge-II need not be interfered with and the petition is required to be dismissed. 3. Hence, petition is dismissed at the stage of admission with no order as to costs. (R.Y.GANOO, J.)