1 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Coram APPLICANT: ""•^ ^;;. RESPONDENTS ^ h Interveners DIVISION BENCH HON'BLE SHRl RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. & HON'BLE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SiNHA, J. M.C.C,No.28of2008 M^nga! Singh^ aged about 49 years (at present 57 years), S/o Petitioner Dheer Sal, Dhanuhar Tribal, R/o Viilage Dhodhatarai, Tahsil Kartala, Distt. Korba, C.G. Versus 1. Board of Revenue, Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur 2. Naresh Singh, S/o Prithvjpal Singh \ 3. Kamlesh Singh, S/o Prithvipal Singh, Both R/o Jailgaon, TahsH Katghora, distt Korba 4. Fatte Singh, S/o Ghasiram, R/o Vill Kartali, Tahsil Paii, Distt. Korba (C.G.) 5. The Collector, Korba, Distt Korba ! 6. Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue), Katghora, Distt. Korba 1. Kamesh Yadav, aged about 36 years, S/o Hariram'yadav, R/o Vinayak Auto Shop No.4, Jailgaon, Thana Katghora, Korba 2. Pramod Kumar Agarwal, aged about 37 years, S/o Hariprakash Agarwal, R/o Ravi Metal Stores, Shop No.3 Jailgaon, Thana Katghora, Korba 3. Sourab Shukla, aged about 19 years, S/o Virendra Shukla, R/o Bhai-Bhai Fashion, Shop No.1 Jailgaon, Tahsil Katghora, Korba 4. Mahesh Koushal, aged about 34 years, S/o N.C. Koushal, R/o Shop No.9 Jail goan, Thana Katghora, distt Korba; 5. Ramesh Koushal, Aged about 30 years, S/o N.C. Koushal, R/o Shop 1-— 2 Iffiii 'l li! i ;!1i1^ ,L^.i II!!i^l% m-'^ ,^" r mlire... padma No. 9 Jail goan, Thana Katghora, distt Korba. 6. Raju Kushari,agedabout35years, S/o N.C. Kushari, Shop No. 5and 6, Archana Readymade Ja'rigaon, Thana Katghora, Distt. Korba APPLICATION FOR RESTORftTOIN Present: Shri Ravindra Agrawal, counsel for the petltioner. Shri Sumesh Bajaj, GovernmentAdvocate for the State / respondents No.5 & 6. ORDER (5th January, 2009) The following order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, C.J.: Learned counsel for the parties are heard on the restoration petition. 2. The petitioner is seeking restoration of Writ Petition No.2998/2003, whteh was dismissed for want of prosecution vide order dated 09,01.2008. 3. On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsej for the parties and the grounds taken in the restoration petition, we are satisfied that the absence of the petjtioner's counsel on 09.01.2008 when W.P. No.2998/2003 was taken up for hearing, was based on bona fide grounds. 4. M.C.C. No.29/2008, therefore, is allowed and W.P, No. 2998/2003 is restored to its original number. _^^^^. Sd/- Chief Justice ^^ Sin^