HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARM AT BILASPUR DIVISIONBENCH CORAM: Petitioner HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEVGUPTA, CJ. HON'BLE SHRI T.P. SHARMA, J. M.C.C.No.306of2009 Ravi Lal Saura, S/o late Ugrasen Saura, agec^ about 35 years, at R/o Village Saraipali, Kanakbira, Thana and Tahsil Sarangarh, Distt. Raigarh (C.G.). Respondents VERSUS 1. General Manager, M.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Head Ofllce, Bhopal, Habib Ganj, (M.P.). 2. Depo Manager, M.P.S.R.T.C., Depo. Raigarh. 3. Baiya Lal Verma, S/o Kaliu Pcasad Verma, aged about 40 years, Occupation Driver. M.P.S.R.T.C., Raigarh, through Depo Manager, Raigarh. 4. Prabhandh Sanchalak, Adho Saranchna Vikas Nigam, Raipur (C.G.). 5. State of C.G., Through Collector, Raigarh (C.G.). ApDlication for restoration of M.A. No. 788/2084 Present: Shri N.K. Chatterjee, counsel for the petitioner. Shri V.V.S. Murthy, Deputy Advocate General with Shri Akhil Agrawat, Panel Lawyer, for the State/respondent No.5. ORDER (31st August, 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 M.A. No.788/2004. which was dismissed for want of prosecutton vide order dated 07.07.2009. 3) On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and the grounds taken in the restoration petition, we are satisfied that the absence of ttie petitioner's/appellant's counsel on 07.07.2009 when M.A. No.788/2004 was taken-up for hearing was based on bona fide grounds. 4) M.C.C. No.306/2009, therefore, is allowed and M.A.No.788/2004 is restored to its original number. Sd/- ChiefJustice subbu Sd/- T.P. Sharma Judge