F.M. Reis, J.

1. Heard Shri Nitin Sardessai, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner and Shri Mayenkar, learned Counsel appearing for the respondents. Rule. Heard forthwith with the consent of the learned Counsel. Learned Counsel appearing for the respondents, waives service.

2. The above petition challenges the Order passed by the learned District Judge-I, Mapusa, in Civil Misc. Application No. 4 of 2014, whereby an application for condonation of delay filed by the petitioners praying for review of the judgment/Order and Decree dated 20.5.2013, came to be dismissed.

3. Shri Nitin Sardessai, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner, has pointed out that the petitioner is more than 85 years old and is a fruit vendor in the market and, as such, did not understand the exigencies of the legal procedures. Learned Senior Counsel further pointed out that besides her old age, the petitioner was also sick and confined to bed on account of hyper tension and diabetes which also prevented her from taking necessary steps to challenge the impugned judgment. Learned Senior Counsel further pointed out that it is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner was not g