1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.789 OF 2010 IN CIVIL APPLICATION (REVIEW APPLICATION) NO.4721 OF 1999 AND CIVIL APPLICATION NO.8226 OF 1999 IN WRIT PETITION NO.5024 OF 1997 Tilottamma Vithalrao Sonawane : Applicant. Versus The Head Master, Top High School and ors. : Respondents. Mr. Vijay Mane for the Applicant. Mr. S N Patil, AGP, for the Respondent/State. Mr. R R Salvi, advocate appeared earlier for the Applicant. CORAM : A. M. KHANWILKAR, R. M. SAVANT, JJ. DATED : 20th April 2010 P.C. : 1. By the above Application, the applicant seeks condonation of delay of almost 5 years and 32 days in filing the application for restoration of the review application. 2. For the reasons mentioned in the application, we thought it appropriate to issue notice to the then advocate for the Applicant to 2 re-assure ourselves that the stand taken in the application is correct. The then advocate has appeared before us and also filed his personal affidavit supporting the statement made by the applicant in the application under consideration. The then advocate appeared for the applicant has owned the responsibility for the default caused in appearing in the matter. 3. Since the litigant should not suffer for the mistake of the advocate and in the interest of justice we allow this application in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b). 4. Civil Application is disposed of accordingly. (R.M.SAVANT, J.) (A. M. KHANWILKAR, J.)