19-IA-1959-2024 (C).doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1959 OF 2024 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST) NO. 29343 OF 2022 Sambhaji Kaka Zambre And Anr. ...Applicants Versus Superintendent Engineer, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company And Ors. ...Respondents ….. Adv. Ankita Chindage a/w Adv. Abhang Suryawanshi i/b Adv. Nagesh Y. Chavan, Advocate for Applicants. Adv. Sakshi Patil i/b Adv. Sandeep Koregave and Adv. Supriya Koregave, Advocate for Respondent Nos 1 and 2. Adv. Pratik Patil i/b Kuldeep Nikam, for Respondent No.3. ….. CORAM : SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J. DATE : 4th SEPTEMBER, 2026. P.C. : By this application, the applicants seek to condone the delay of 87 days in preferring the appeal challenging the Judgment and Award passed by the Tribunal. The reasons stated in the application, the delay is sought to be condoned. 2. The application is contested by the respondents. It is submitted that grounds stated in the application are vague and there is no proper explanation for delay. ZIP 1 of 2 19-IA-1959-2024 (C).doc 3. There is no reason to discard the reasons stated in the application. I do not find any mala fides on the part of the applicants in preferring the appeal belatedly. 4. The application is allowed in terms of prayer Clause ‘a’. [ SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J.] ZIP 2 of 2