I.A.2285/2013 (for delay)

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the award dated 19.9.2012. Along with the said petition, the petitioner has also filed an application for condonation of delay in refiling the petition. It is submitted in the said application that petition was filed on 9.11.2012 which was returned with objection on 16.11.2012. Since then the petition has been under objection time and again with different objections including for retyping of a large number of annexures and all the objections were diligently removed and the petition was refiled on 15.01.2013. A fresh objection regarding the format of the petition was raised by the registry on 18.1.2013 which has also been removed. It is submitted that the petition was delayed by approximately 48 days. It is submitted that the delay in refiling was neither intentional nor deliberate but due to reasons mentioned above.

2. The application is contested by the respondent who was issued notice of this application. It is submitted that the petition was filed on 9.11.2012. Thereafter it was admittedly refiled on 15.1.2013 and thus there was a delay of two months. It is an admitted fact