1 THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 3680 OF 2007 IN FIRST APPEAL(ST.) NO. 15120 OF 2007 Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development ....Petitioner Versus Bhagyalaxmi Construction and Engineering Company ....Respondents Mr. Vijay D. Patil, Advocate for the Applicant/Petitioner. Mr. Amir Shete i/b. Mr. Amit Borkar for Respondent No.1 CORAM : A.P. DESHPANDE & R. V. MORE, JJ. DATE : 18th MARCH, 2010. P.C.: By the present application, the Applicant/Petitioner is seeking condonation of delay of 23 days in filing the Appeal. The Respondent No.1 is a partnership firm of which Respondent Nos. 2 to 7 are the partners. The Respondent No.7 is also served. The learned Counsel for the Applicant submits that he had issued notice to Respondent No. 2 to 6, who are the partners of Respondent No.1. However, the notices are returned unserved. 2 2. Having regard to the fact that the service of notice on the partnership firm would be good service even on the partner, in that view of the matter, we proceed to consider the present application. For the reasons stated in the application, the delay is properly explained. Hence, delay is condoned and the Office is directed to register the Appeal. The Civil Application is accordingly, disposed of. Sd/- Sd/- (R.V. MORE, J.) (A.P. DESHPANDE, J.)