1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 6133 OF 2008 IN FIRST APPEAL NO. 2163 OF 2008 Protos Engineering Co. Pvt.Ltd& anr. ........Applicants versus The Special Land Acquisition Officer & ors........ Respondents. Mr. Rashesh K. Gandhi for the Applicants Mr. Deepak More adv. for the respondent no.3. Mr.A.R. Patil AGP for State. CORAM: A. P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 2nd FEBRUARY, 2009. P.C.: 1. Heard. By the present application, the applicant / appellant is seeking restoration of the first appeal which came to be dismissed in default on 26-11-2008 on account of the absence of the counsel for the applicant when the matter was called out. It is stated in the present application that the concerned advocate appearing for the applicant/appellant was on his legs before a Division Bench. Other particulars are also stated in para 3 of the application and the applicant has shown sufficient cause for the absence of the counsel on the date when the appeal came to be dismissed. Hence I am inclined to allow the application and 2 restore the appeal. In the result, the application is allowed. First appeal stands restored to file. Application is disposed of. (A. P. DESHPANDE, J.)