C1 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVISION BENCH CORAM: HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. & HON'BLE SHRI RANGNATH CHANDRAKAR, J. Applicant Appellant Non-Applicants Respondents WI.C.C. No. 691 of 2011 Vijay Mandal aged about 28 years S/o. Shri Vimal Mandal, R/o Vitl.- Mongara, P.S.-Ambagarh Chowki, Distt. - Rajnandgaon (C.G.) VERSUS 1 Manoj Bharti Aged about 26 years, S/o Hardev Bharti, R/o Gauri Nagar, Ward No. 12, P.S.-City Kotwali, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 2 Aashish Pandey S/o V.N. Pandey, R/o Sahdev Nagar Rajnandgaon, at present R/o Purana Bus Stand Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 3 The National Insurance Co. Ltd., Branch Officer Kamthi Line, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) Application for restoration of M.A.C.tPRl No. 1255/2011. Present: Shri Rakesh Thakur, counsel for the petitioner. ORDER (10th October, 2011) The following order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Shri Rakesh Thakur, learned counsel for the petitioner is heard on the restoration petition. ; •'»..,. M.C.C.No.691 of 2011 (> 2) The petitioner is seeking restoration of M.A.C.(PR) No.1255 of 2011 (later on registered as M.A.C. No.921/2011), which was dismissed for want of prosecution vide order dated 16.08.201.1. 3) On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and the grounds taken in the restoration petition, we are satisfied that the absence of the petitioner's/appellant's counse! on 16.08.2011, when M.A.C.(PR) No.1255 of 2011 was taken-up for hearing, was based on bona fide grounds. 4). M.C.C. No.691 of 2011, therefore, is allowed and M.A.C.(PR) No.1255 of 2011 is restored to its original number. Sd/- Chief Justice subbu Sd/- R.N.Chandrakar Judee