:1: :1: :1: IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 266 OF 2007 Shri Nandlal Pannalal Sisodiya ...Petitioner Versus Shri Murlidhar Shriram Shukla and Ors ....Respondents ====== Mr.P.N.Joshi Adv. for the petitioners. Mr.S.S.Kulkarni, Adv. for the respondents. CORAM: S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATED: 30TH JANUARY, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. : : : 1. This Writ Petition is filed in the year 2006 and to be precise on 1.12.2006 to challenge an order dated 1.11.2002. That order was passed on an application for condonation of delay in preferring an Application for restoration of Misc.Application No. 62 of 1997. Misc.Application No. 62 of 1997 was an application for :2: :2: :2: condonation of delay in preferring Regular Civil Appeal. The Regular Civil Appeal was directed against a judgment and decree dated 8.7.1996 in Reg.Civil Suit No. 974 of 1992. The application for condonation of delay was dismissed. For restoration of that application, another application was preferred which was admittedly time barred. Therefore, the delay condonation application was preferred to restore the earlier application. The earlier application itself was for seeking condonation of delay in preferring the Appeal. 2. The court below has after noting strong resistance to the application, observed that there is no satisfactory or proper explanation. The court below has applied its mind and has observed that the petitioner has been negligent. They do not seem to be interested in pursuing their remedies. It is not as if, the court has not given them opportunity. Despite, enough opportunities there is no explanation or sufficient cause for the inordinate delay. Further, there is no explanation in the Writ Petition also as to why an order passed on 1.11.2002 is challenged on :3: :3: :3: 1.12.2006. 3. In these circumstances, this is not a fit case for interference under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. Petition is dismissed. No costs. *******