1 CA 4853/10 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4853 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST) NO. 32255 OF 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. Sandip S. Jinsiwale for the applicant. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 18TH JANUARY 2011 P.C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. 2. This is an application for condonation of delay of nearly 10 months (298 days) in filing of an appeal. 3. The appeal is filed against an order passed by the Commissioner for workmen’s compensation in favour of the legal representatives of the deceased workman. The 2 CA 4853/10 reason given for the delay is that the papers were required to be sent from the Branch Office to the Regional Office of the applicant and therefore the delay was caused in filing of an appeal. The order was passed by the Labour Commissioner in Mumbai whose Branch Office is in Mumbai and the Regional Office is also in Mumbai. It is not explained why it took more than 10 months for sending the papers from one office to another office located in the same town. There appears to be something grossly wrong in the administration of the applicant if takes several months even for transfer of files from one office to another office. The delay is not satisfactorily explained. The application is rejected summarily. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)