State Commission has dismissed the appeal as barred by limitation.  There was 168 days in filing the appeal, which was over and above the period of 30 days, which is statutorily given to an aggrieved party to file the Appeal.   Under the Consumer Protection Act, the District Forum is supposed to decide the complaint within a period of 90 days from the date of filing and, in case, some expert evidence is required to be led, then within 150 days.  Where the statute has permitted only 30 days for filing the Appeal, the delay, more than 5 times over the statutory period given for filing the Appeal, cannot be condoned until and unless some sufficient ground is shown.  State Commission has given detailed reasons in rejecting the application for condonation of delay.  Basic reason given by the petitioner for condonation of delay was that the file had been sent to Mumbai for getting the sanction from headquarter to file the appeal.  That after getting the sanction, the case was entrusted to a lawyer and thereafter, after some time, the appeal was filed. 

          We agree with the view taken by the State Commission that the delay could not be condoned on the reasons given by the petitioner.  Petitioner had also failed to explain the delay for each day.  Dismissed.