Judgment: 1. One of the applications before us is for condonation of the delay of 29 days involved in the filing of the appeal. There is nobody to move this application today despite notice, nor any request for adjournment.
A glance through the records of the past proceedings shows that this matter has stood adjourned from time to time at the instance of the appellants' Counsel. In the circumstances, we are inclined to dispose of the matter. The only reason stated in the delay condonation application is that the appellants were "not well versed in the law and procedure relating to filing of appeal in Central Excise matters." Had they perused the preamble to the impugned order, they would have been well versed in the requisite provisions of law. No other reason has been cited for the above delay of the appeal. In the circumstances, the delay condonation application gets dismissed for want of reasonable explanation. Consequently, the appeal also is dismissed along with the remaining application.