This petition is to condone the delay of 2521 days in filing the appeal against the award in earlier L.A.O.P. No.46 of 1985 on the file of Subordinate Judge, Dindigul, dated 2. 1988.

2. The petitioner has stated in the affidavit that the court below had passed an award on 2. 1988. The copy application was filed on 2. 1988. Certified copy of the award was made ready on 3. 1988. Delivery was taken on the same day itself. In the middle of May, 1988. The petitioner met one of his relatives G.Sethuraman who is practising as Advocate in this Court. He, in turn, took the petitioner and two others to his Senior K.Venkatasubba Raju at No.16, Law Chambers, High Court, Madras-104. They handed over the certified copies of the judgment and award of the court below and other particulars and also gave necessary funds for purchase of the stamp papers, for filing expenses and for fees.

3. The petitioner and others were informed that the appeal may be filed immediately on the re-opening date and the fact would be intimated to them. Since nothing was heard for a long time from both the counsel, the petitioner’s father Mr.Kaliappa Gounder wrote a letter to his advocate at Madras to find ou