1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.4718 OF 2008 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST) NO.12167 OF 2006 The State of Maharashtra .... Applicant (at the instance of Special Land Acquisition Officer, Solapur) Vs. Mr. Anna Sukhdeo Potbhare .... Respondent Zaregaon,Tal. Barshi (Solapur) WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.4720 OF 2008 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST)12172 OF 2006 The State of Maharashtra .... Applicants (at the instance of Special Land Acquisition Officer, Solapur) Vs. Mr. Vitthal s/o Subhaba Sankpal .... Respondent Mrs. Geeta Mulekar, AGP for Applicant. None for respondent. Coram : SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J. Date : 11th December, 2008 P.C. 1. Heard Mrs. Mulekar, learned AGP for the applicant. 2. These Civil Applications were filed on 5th May,2006 along with the First Appeals. The applications 2 are for condonation of delay of 266 days each in filing the appeal. For two years thereafter, the matters did not appear on the board. Notices came to be issued to the respondents on the Civil Application for the first time on 21st October, 2008. The return of notices are yet awaited. In these circumstances, ordinarily the matters would have been adjourned for completion of service. However, perusal of the Civil Applications show that they cannot be allowed under any circumstances, irrespective of the service. 2. It is seen from the Civil Applications that the impugned order was passed by the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Barshi, Dist. Solapur on 21st April,2005. Thereafter the Assistant Government Pleader, Barshi took more than eight months to forward his opinion to the Law and Judiciary for preferring the appeal. The opinion was forwarded on 2nd January,2006. Then more than a month was taken by the Solicitor-cum-Joint Secretary to the Government to issue resolution dated 16th February,2006 for filing the first appeal. The Office of the Government Pleader sent telegram dated 18th February,2006 to Assistant Government Pleader, Barshi for certified copies of the judgment and Award, the learned Assistant Government Pleader made an application for certified 3 copies only on 22nd February,2006. The certified copies were received on 24th March,2006 and it became available to the Government Pleader's Office, High Court on 28th March,2006. More than a month thereafter, the present appeals and the civil applications came to be filed. The applications do not contain any explanation for the delay on the part of Assistant Government Pleader, Barshi in forwarding his opinion to the Government and in applying for certified copy of the impugned judgment and order. Hence, there is no cause whatsoever made out by the appellants to condone the delay. In that circumstance, it is futile to wait for completion of service of notice of the Civil Applications upon the respondents. Therefore, the Civil Applications are hereby dismissed. . In view of the dismissal of the Civil Applications, the First Appeals (ST) No.12167 OF 2006 and First Appeal (ST) No. 12172 of 2006 also stand dismissed. (SMT.R.P. SONDURBALDOTA,J)