General Manager Ongc vs Thakor Baldevji Abhuji
2021 Latest Caselaw 5560 Guj

       C/CA/144/2020                                 ORDER DATED: 07/06/2021




             IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
                   R/CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 144 of 2020
                    In F/FIRST APPEAL NO. 36743 of 2019

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                          GENERAL MANAGER ONGC
                                  Versus
                          THAKOR BALDEVJI ABHUJI
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Appearance:
MR RITURAJ M MEENA(3224) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
RULE SERVED(64) for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2
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 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.V.ANJARIA

                                 Date : 07/06/2021
                                  ORAL ORDER

This application filed by Oil and Natural Gas Commission seeks to condone the delay of 50 days which has taken place in preferring the first appeal arising out of the judgment and award in Land Reference Case no. 335 of 2012.

The averments in the application show that the passage of time leading to delay of 50 days has occasioned due to administrative procedure and decision making process which the applicant Corporation is required to undergo before filling an appeal. Sufficient cause is made out to condone the delay. Delay of 50 days is condoned.

Rule is made absolute.

(N.V.ANJARIA, J) C.M. JOSHI