1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NOS. 4107, 4109, 4111, 4113, 4115 OF 2010 (for condonation of delay) CIVIL APPLICATION NOS. 4108, 4110, 4112, 4114, 4116 OF 2010 (for stay) Office Notes,Office Memoranda of Coram,appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders CORAM : P.R. BORKAR.J. DATED : 30.03.2010 1. Heard A.G.P. Shri T.S. Lodhe for the applicant/State. 2. These are applications for condonation of delay of 734 days in filing First Appeals against Land Acquisition References decided by a common judgment on 29.11.2007 by the Jt. Civil Judge, Senior Division, Osmanabad. It is a group of matters. The reason given for delay is that after decision on 29.11.2007, the Law and Judiciary Department gave sanction for filing appeals on 31.01.2008 and the appeals were drafted on 20.02.2008. So, within three months the appeals were drafted. However, thereafter 2 communication was made and difference chart was received on 05.03.2008. The certified copies and typed copies were received on 04.08.2009. Ultimately, the appeals with the applications for condonation of delay were filed on 02.03.2010. 3. The delay is not properly explained. It is not explained why while making the proposal for appeal, certified copies were not obtained. The reason of not getting typed copies immediately by the Government Pleader’s Office is not satisfactory. 4. This Court perused judgment in order to satisfy that a meritorious matter is not being thrown out at the threshold. It is also revealed that comparatively small amounts were awarded by way of awards. Considering totality of the circumstances, the applications for condonation of delay deserve to be dismissed. So, the same are dismissed. 5. In view of dismissal of the applications for condonation of delay, 3 the applications for stay do not survive. Hence, the applications for stay are disposed of as such. [P.R. BORKAR,J.] snk/2010/MAR10/ca4107.10