-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 221 OF 2008 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 221 OF 2008 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 221 OF 2008 AND AND AND CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 222 OF 2008 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 222 OF 2008 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 222 OF 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 5504 OF 1996 WRIT PETITION NO. 5504 OF 1996 WRIT PETITION NO. 5504 OF 1996 Progressive Education Society, an Educational Institution .. Applicant. V/s. 1. Pune University, through its Registrar, & Anr. .. Respondents. --- Mr.S.V. Pitre for the Applicant. Mr.S.B.Deshmukh for the Respondent No.1. Mr.V.A.Sonpal, AGP for the Respondent No.2. --- CORAM : D. K. DESHMUKH & CORAM : D. K. DESHMUKH & CORAM : D. K. DESHMUKH & N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ. N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ. N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED : 24TH APRIL, 2008. DATED : 24TH APRIL, 2008. DATED : 24TH APRIL, 2008. P.C. : P.C. : P.C. :- . Civil application No. 221/ 2008 is for restoration of writ petition no. 5504/1996. The writ petition was filed in the year 1996. The court admitted the petition for final hearing in the year 1996. There were some office objections. For five years till 2001, the petitioner did not remove the office objections. Therefore, on 18.06.2001 the writ petition alongwith the connected matters was fixed before the court for non-removal of the office objection. The court passed a -: 2 :- conditional order granting four weeks time to the petitioner to remove office objection and made it clear that failure of the petitioner to remove office objection will result in dismissal of the petition. The petitioner did not care to remove the office objection. With the result, the petition stood dismissed. 2. In 2008, this civil application has been taken out for restoration. The only excuse given is that the petitioner was not aware of the order dated 18.06.2001. This excuse cannot be accepted because the petitioner was represented by a lawyer and the matter was on the Board. We do not see any reason to restore the matter. The petitioner is guilty of negligence of highest order. The civil application No. 221/2008 is rejected and disposed of accordingly. 3. In view of the above, the other application being civil application No.222/2006 does not survive and the same is disposed of as such. (D.K. DESHMUKH,J.) (N.D.DESHPANDE,J.) -: 3 :- .....