JUDGMENT - 1. These two appeals arise out of almost identical facts and raise a common question of law for decision. They arise out of two applications filed by the Employees State Insurance Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) before the Employees Insurance Court, Bombay, (hereinafter referred to as the E. I. Court), under Section 75(2) of the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (Act 34 of 1948, hereinafter referred to as The Act). The application leading to A.O. No. 5 of 1968 was against Messrs. Popular Process Studio and its proprietor Mukund Kashalkar for the recovery of Rs. 1567.63 as employees contribution for the period from August 19, 1959, to August 31, 1964, and was filed on. January 25, 1965, while the application leading to A.O. No. 6 of 1968 was against Messrs. Dawn Mills Co. (Ltd.) and its Director Ramniwas Ram-narain for the recovery of Rs. 7252.13 as employees contribution for the period from October 3, 1954, to March 31. 1960, and was filed on June 23, 1964. Both the applications were accompanied by applications for condonation of delay for the reasons stated therein but it was made clear that the prayer for condonation of delay was made without

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