5.) Objection to the admissibility of the Application on the grounds of unreasonable delay in filing the Application 139, Article 56(6) of the Charter requires that Application “Are submitted within a reasonable period from the time local remedies are exhausted or from the date the Commission is seized of the matter’. 140. Having concluded that the Applicants have not exhausted local remedies, in accordance with Article 56(5) of the Charter, this Court does not find it necessary to pronounce itself on condition of reasonable delay laid down under Article 56(6), C. ) Applicants’ request to expunge the Respondent’s Response from the pleadings 141. On the Applicants request to expunge the Respondents Response from the pleadings, the Court notes that the Respondent's Response was received at the Registry of the Court on 2013, four (4) days after the deadline set by the Court. however, arrived notes that the Response the although Registry received four four days days March, The Court is dated 7 March 2013 and only later later 11 by than courier. the For this reason, time set, the Court the Application considers the Response as properly filed. 142. The Court, having concluded that is inadmissible on the grounds that Applicants have not exhausted local —— remedies, decides that this matter will not be considered on its merits: ae ~ Z _ uy : a BE 46 Cr 7 Cz 66 \