Judgment S. Ravi Kumar, J. 1. This petition is filed to condone delay of 450 days in preferring appeal against order dated 30-11-2012 in W.C. No. 26 of 2012. Petitioner is the claimant and according to his affidavit, the reasons for delay are that he was under lot of financial and psychological problems and he was disturbed a lot and not able to work and he cannot earn his daily need and he borrowed money from his relatives and friends and indebted to lot of people and as he could not mobilize the funds in time, he borrowed money from relatives and approached this court, in the process, there was delay of 450 days in preferring appeal. 2. Other side filed counter disputing the affidavit averments of the petitioner and contended that the reasons assigned are very vague and there are no grounds to condone delay as the petitioner failed to explain each day's delay in filing the appeal. 3. Heard both sides. 4. Both sides submitted their arguments in support of the pleadings of their parties which are projected by way of affidavit and counter affidavit respectively. 5. Now the point that would arise for my consideration in this appeal is whether the delay of 450 days in filing the appeal can be allowed or not? POINT: 6. For condonation of delay in filing any appeal, it is the duty of the party to show sufficient and reasonable cause for not preferring the appeal in time. The only reason assigned by the petitioner is that due to financial constraints, he could not file the appeal in time and that as there was delay in mobilizing the funds and only after borrowing money from his relatives, he approached this court and in the process, the delay is occasioned. 7. As seen from the material papers including appeal papers, the court fee paid by the petitioner for this appeal is only Rs. 10/-, for securing a sum of rupees ten, he has to borrow from his friends and relatives and that caused 450 days delay is highly improbable and unbelievable. Further, if really the petitioner is not having any funds and financially poor, he can as well approach the legal services authority and apply for free legal aid which is a statutory benefit under which he is entitled even for payment of court fee and advocate's fees. Further, if really the petitioner is not having any funds and financially poor, he can as well approach the legal services authority and apply for free legal aid which is a statutory benefit under which he is entitled even for payment of court fee and advocate's fees. So, as rightly objected by the other side, the reason assigned for long delay of 450 days is vague and not satisfactory. When the appellant is expected to explain each day's delay in preferring appeal the affidavit is very vague and no proper reasons are given for the long delay of 450 days. 8. For these reasons, I am of the view that petitioner failed to show sufficient cause for long delay of 450 days in preferring appeal and the application is liable to be dismissed. 9. Accordingly, this application is dismissed and consequently, the main appeal is rejected. As a sequel to the disposal of this appeal, the Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending, shall stand dismissed.