( 1 ) THIS is an application under S. 5 of the Limitation Act whereby the respondents have sought condonation of delay in filing objections to the award of the sole arbitrator, Shri R. C. Malhotra dated 29-9-1992. The objection petition is registered as I. A. No. 7764/93.

( 2 ) I have heard both the parties and have also been taken through the record of this case by both the counsel. In application, it is alleged that the respondents were served with the notice of the filing of the award on 27th March, 1993. The objections to the award were filed on 25th August, 1993 i. e. about four months of the service of notice. The applicant-objector has set out in para 2 of the application various dates when the file of this case was travelling from one desk to the other, Such consideration of file appears to have been taken up soon after the award even before the service of notice, which means that respondents has had four months time to consider their stand on the award. Finally the file was brought on 19th July, 1993 by the J. E. to counsel who wanted the Executive Engineer concerned to discuss the matter. Accordingly the file was brought back to the counsel only on 16th August,