1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION jmi NOTICE OF MOTION NO.129 OF 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO.284 OF 2005. Himanshu K. Maniar. .. Petitioner. vs. Uttam Vasudeo Chavan. .. Respondent. .... Ms. Shobana Gopal, for Petitioner. .... CORAM : S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. DATE : 22ND JULY 2009. P.C. By an order dated 20 th December 2007, the petitioner was granted permission to carry out amendments to the writ petition. However, the order was conditional i.e. the petitioner was required to carry out the amendment on or before 11 th January 2008 failing which the petition was to stand dismissed for non-prosecution without further reference to the Court. 2. The petitioner could not carry out the amendments on 2 time and the writ petition got dismissed. The notice of motion is taken out for restoration of the writ petition and allowing the petitioner to carry out the amendments. 3. The respondent was not present when the conditional order dated 20 th December 2007 was passed. The petitioner has tried to serve the notice of motion on the respondent who in the proceedings filed by him has shown his address as “Shri Uttam Vasudeo Chavan, residing at Shri Krishna General Stores, Santacruz (East), Mumbai-400 054”. The petitioner has filed an affidavit dated 10 th July 2009, wherein it is stated that he has tried to serve the respondent with the notice of motion at the aforesaid address, when the owner of the said store informed the petitioner that the respondent is no longer coming to the said store. 4. I have gone through paragraph nos.4, 5 and 6 of the affidavit in support of the notice of motion dated 14 th March 2008, wherein the petitioner has explained the reasons as to why he could not carry out the amendments on or before 11 th January 2008. I am 3 satisfied with the case made out on behalf of the petitioner and I set aside the order of dismissal of above writ petition and direct the same to be restored to file. The petitioner to carry out amendments to the petition within a period of 2 weeks from today. 5. In view thereof, notice of motion stands disposed of. Place the writ petition for admission on 2 nd September 2009. 6. In the meantime, petitioner shall publish an advertisement in two newspapers i.e. “Free Press Journal” and “Loksatta”, stating that the writ petition which was dismissed earlier has been restored by this order and that the petition has been placed for admission on 2 nd September 2009. [ S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. ]