: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.8695 OF 2009 Jitendra Bahadur Singh .. Petitioner V/s. Rashtrabhasha Hindi Prachar Mandal and Ors. .. Respondents Mr. M.S. Lagu for the Petitioner. Ms. Gauri Godse for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED : 12 TH JULY, 2010. P.C.: 1. The Writ Petition challenges the order dated 25th August, 2009, passed by the School Tribunal, Navi Mumbai, in M.A. No.1 of 2009, refusing to condone the delay in preferring the Appeal. 2. The School Tribunal has observed that the Medical Certificates produced on record by the petitioner do not give the impression that the illness of the petitioner was genuine. Apart from this, on 5th August, 2008, the petitioner had submitted a representation personally to the respondents indicating that he was fit enough to resume duty. : 2 : 3. Despite this, there are medical certificates which have been submitted by the petitioner even thereafter. Significantly each medical certificate produced appears to be verbatim reproduction of the earlier certificate. This obviously indicates that the medical certificates may not be genuine. There is a delay of 753 days which the petitioner has not satisfactorily explained and the School Tribunal has rightly refused to condone the delay. 4. The Writ Petition is rejected.