1 910.caw2306.08.wp1650.97 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2306 OF 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1650 OF 1997 Steel Authority of India Ltd. .. Applicants. Vs. The Bombay Metropolitan Region Iron & Steel Market Committee & Anr. .. Respondents. ..... Mr.Shyam Mehta with Mr.Sangram Suryawanshi i/b.M/s.Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe for the Applicant. Ms.M.P.Thakur, AGP for Respondent No.2. .... CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE & U.D.SALVI, JJ. DATED : MAY 5 , 2011. P.C. 1 Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties. By this Civil Application, the Applicants have prayed for condoning the delay of 1 year and 143 days caused in filing the Civil Application for restoration of Writ Petition No.1650 of 1997. The said Writ Petition was dismissed for default on 7th February 2007. 2 We have perused the Civil Application. The Applicants have explained the delay in paragraph nos.5 to 8 of the Civil Application which, in our opinion is, sufficient to condone the delay. Hence the the delay is condoned. The Writ Petition is restored to file. skt 2 910.caw2306.08.wp1650.97 The order dated 21st July 1997 admitting the Writ Petition also stands restored. 3 The Civil Application is accordingly disposed of. (U.D.SALVI, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)