by respondent No. 1 herein, for condonation of delay in filing of the 1application for restoration, and seeking thereby to restore the Special Civil Suit No. 269 of 2002, which came to be dismissed for want of prosecution by the trial court on 3rd November 2011. 3. Vide an order dated 24th April 2023, this Court issued notice to the respondents and stayed the proceedings before the trial court. 4. Shorn of details, the facts giving rise to the present appeal are as under: 4.1 The present appeal is concerned with certain lands situated at Sonkhar Village, in Taluka and District Thane, Maharashtra (hereinafter referred to as “suit land”). There are competing claims with respect to the ownership of the suit land. 4.2 The Government of Maharashtra, through the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Metro Centre, Thane, vide Award Nos. 1 and 2 in the year 1986 and 1988, respectively, acquired the subject land for public purpose, and handed over the said lands for development/execution to City