(Spl.-H.C.A.S.,C.D.,78-e) FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA APPELLATE SIDE MISC. CIVIL APPLICATION NO.36/2004 IN WRIT PETITION NO.361/2003 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Note, Office Memoranda of Quorum, appearances, Court’s Court’s or Judge’s Orders orders or directions and Registrar’s orders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Joseph Vaz, Addl. Central Govt. Standing Counsel for the applicants. Mr. R.G. Ramani, Advocate for the original petitioner. Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Advocate General with Mr. S. Vahidulla, Addl. Govt. Advocate for the State. CORAM : N.N. MHATRE & P.V. HARDAS, JJ. DATE : FEBRUARY 09, 2004. P.C.: It is extremely distressing to note that the Defence Secretary has remained absent despite the order of this Court dated 27.1.2004. Mr. Vaz, learned Counsel on behalf of the applicants has stated that the applicants are today paying an amount of Rs.11,84,752/- by cheque. Mr. Ramani on behalf of the present respondents states that this amount does not represent the entire amount payable to the respondents. - 2 - According to him, the amount payable to the respondents would roughly work out to Rs.17,00,000/-. Learned Counsel for the applicants assures us that the amount payable to the respondents would be paid within one week by the applicants. 2. This is an application for extension of the time granted by this Court. This Court, by its Judgment dated 13.8.2003, had directed the present applicants to pay the amount as per the Award within four months of the date of the Judgment. Though the period stated by this Court has expired, the applicants have not made any payment. Hence, this application. The applicants herein had earlier filed Misc. Civil Application No.707/2003 requesting for extension of the time by three months for complying with the order of this Court. This Court observed as under: " In our view no valid reason is forthcoming for making such - 3 - a request of three months further time. However, by way of indulgence four weeks further time is granted. The applicants are directed to comply with this order without any default as no request for further time will be entertained in future." However, since the order of this Court has been partially complied with by the applicants, we, therefore, allow this application and grant the applicants a further period of two weeks from today for complying the orders of this Court subject to payment of costs of Rs.25,000/-. Misc. Civil Application No.36/2004 is allowed accordingly. The costs to be deposited in this Court within a period of two weeks from today. NISHITA MHATRE, J. P.V. HARDAS, J. ssm.