HIGH COURT OF CHHATTSSGARH AT BELASPUR DIVISIONBENCH CORAM: HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, CJ. & HON'BLE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. APPLICANT .C.C.No.40of2008 Narayan Das Goyal, S/o Late Ramchand, Aged about 62 years, Gudakhuiine, Near Hospital, Rajnandgaon, Tahsil & Distt. Rajnandgaon (C.G.) NON-APPUCANTS 1 p' Versiis State of Madhya Pradesh - Through the Secretary, Water 'Resources Department, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopai Now State of Chhattisgarh - Through the Secretary, Water Resources Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) The Executive Engineer, Water Resources Division, Power House Road, Rajnandgaon (M.P.) Now (C.G.) ApDEIcatlon for Restoration of CiviS Revision No.1782/2000 Present: Shri P.R. Patankar, learned counsel for the petitloner; Shri Kishore Bhaduri, learned Additional Advocate GeneraS for the respondents. ORDER (5th May, 2008) The following order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, CJ. Learned counsel for the parties are heard on I.A. No. 1, an application for condonation of delay in filing the restoration petition. 2. On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, we are satisfied that the petitioner has succeeded in showing sufficient cause for the deiay in filing the restorationpetition. 3. I.A. No. 01, therefore, is allowed and the delay in filjng the restoration petition is hereby condoned. 4. Learned counsel for the parties are heard on the restoration petitlon. l 5. The petitioner is seeking restoration of C.R. No.1782/2000, which was dismissed for want of prosecution vide order dated 23-08-2007. 6. On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, we are satisfied that the absence of petitioner's counsel on 23-08-2007 when C.R. No.1782/2000 was taken up for hearing, was based on bona fide grounds. 7. Therefore, M.C.C. No. 40/2008 is allowed and C.R.No.1782/2000 is restored to its originai number^~Sd/- .-, s»n»lssinha Chief Justice subbu