HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPU^ DIVISION BENCH CORAM: HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. HON'BLE SHRI N.K. AGARWAL, J. Petitipner Claimant Respondents •^' M.C.C.No. 844 of 2011 Vijay Kumar Chandel, S/o Late Shri Arjun Singh Chandel, Age about 48 years, Branch Manager, National Insurance Co. Branch Office No.2, Raipur (CG) R/o Q No. MIG 7, Sector 3, Shankar Nagar, Raipur (CG) VERSUS 1 Bhuwanshwar Rao Shinde, S/o Tulsi Ram Shinde, Occupation - Jeep Driver, R/o Lodhi Para, Raipur, PS, Civil Lines, tahsil & distt. Raipur (CG) 2 Nade Ali, Occupation - Jeep Owner, R/o New Bus Stand Pandri, Raipur, Tahsil & District Raipur (CG) 3 The Orienta) Insurance Company Ltd., City Branch Office No.1, Shyam Market, Pandri Raipur, Through Divisional Manager, Divisional Office, Kachhari Chowk, • Jail Road, Raipur ApDlication for restoration of h/ICC No.80/2011 Present : Shri Lalit Jangde, counsel for the petitioner. ORDER (8th December, 2011) The following order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, C.J. MCC. No. 844 of 2011 Shri Lalit Jangde, learned counsel for the petitioner is heard on I.A. No.01/2011, an application for condonation of the delay in filing the restoration petition. 2) On due consideration,I.A. No.01/2011 is allowed and the delay in filing the restoration petition is hereby condoned. 3) Shri Lalit Jangde, learned counsel for the petitioner is heard on the restoration petition. 4) The petitioner is seeking restoration of M.C.C. No.80 of 2011 which was dismissed for want of prosecution vide orderdated 02.05.2011. 5) 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 counsel on 02.05.2011, when M.C.C. No. 80of2011 was taken up for hearing was based on bona fide grounds. 6) M.C.C. No. 844 of 2011, therefore, is allowed and M.C.C. No.80 of 2011 is restored to its original number. Sd/- Chief Justice Sd/- N.K. Agarwal Judge njmmi --«S!