J &. 8 ' te?!£Z':? 'vi^^,s.^ '^ '6, ^, <^«»7^ ^s.^ ^ iGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVISION BENCH il'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. & HON'BLE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. '• 1. 2. 3. Vijay Kumar Ojha, aged 42 years, S/o Pandit C.L. Ojha, Editor Dhadhakti Jwala Weekly, Bilaspur, Resident of Sarkanda, Bilaspur (C.G.) Versus State of C.G., through Chief Secretary, Mantralay Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) Collector, Bilaspur (C.G.) Tahsildar Nazul, Bilaspur (C.G.) APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION OF W.P. No.1573/93 Present: Shri Anoop Majumdar, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri U.N.S. Deo, learned Govt. Advocate for the State. (21st October, 2008) 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 W.P. No.1573/1 993, which was dismissed for want of prosecution vide order dated 23-68-20re. 3. On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, we are satisfied that the absence of the petitioner's counsel on 23-08-2005, when Writ Petition ^•:^?^., ^',f-^ ^1:">, No.1573/1993 was taken-up for hearing, was based on bona fide grounds. 4. MCC No.208/2005, therefore, is allowed and Writ Petition No.1573/1993 is restored to its original number. subbu Sd/- Chief Justice Sd/- SunilKumarSinha Judge [