/ !\6 HEGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BELASPUR DIVISION BENCH HON’BLE $HRI RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. 8: HON’ELE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, .3. CGRAM: Appticatton for restoration o? Contempt petition {$} No.25I20G5 / MCC (PR) No.2285J2097 w) cc L93 /m\*2a AppEécant : Zahoor Mohammad Khan aged Petltianer about 69 years, S/o Shri Noor Mohd. Khan, Occupation Reiired Principal Higher Secondary u. Retired Piincipai, Rfo Harra Padav, Keshkai, District Bastar I (CG) Veism Resnondent$ ii Shri Ajay Singh Yadav, Secretary, Tribal & Scheduiedi Case WEifate Depadmeni Madhya Pradesh! BHOPAL (mp) 2. Shri Hoshiyar Singh, Commissioner, Tribai Development Madhya Pradeeh, Bhopai(CG) 3. Shri BR Naidu, Collector, Dietrici Bastar (Jagdalpur) 4. GP Singhal, the then Commissioner, Tribal Development Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal(MP) 5. Shri Prave‘er Krishna Collector, Bastar District Jago‘alpur 6. Shrt Udai Kumar Verma, Commissioner, Tribal Development, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal(MP) 7. Shri Udai Kumar Verma, Secretary, Tribal & Scheduled Caste Development, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (MP) $ Mesem : Smt Hamida Siddiqui, counselforthe applicant. JUDGMENT (30m April, 2008) The foiiowing Judgment of the Court was passed by Rake»! Gupta, CJ. On the oral prayer of learned counsel for the petitioner, the deiay in filing the application for condonation of the delay in filing ‘restoration petition is hereby condoned. 2) Learned counsel for the petitioner is heard on iA No.1, petition for gondonation of delay in filing the restoration petition. 3} On due consideration, lA No.1 is allowed and the delay in filing the restoration petition is hereby condoned. 4} Learned counsel for the petitioner is heard 'on restoration petition. 5) The petitioner is seeking restoration of Contempt Petition (S) No.25/2005 which was dismissed for want of prosecution vide order dated 19.03200? 5) On due consideration of submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and the grounds tartan in the restoration petition we are satisfied that the absence of the petitioner on 19.03.2007 when Contempt Petition (S) No.25/2005 was taken up tor hearing was based on bonafide grounds. 7) Therefore, MCC (PR) No.2285/2007 is allowed and Contempt Petition (S) No.25/2005 is restored to its originai number. “‘“i Sd/- Sd/— ' 0 Sunil Kumar Sinha ChierJustice - . Judge