WPSS No.6007 of 2001 (27426/93 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Mr. Dinesh Ghaturi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K. C. Tiwari, Brief Holder for the State. An application bearing No.3250/2010 has been filed with the prayer to condone the delay in filing the restoration application. It has been alleged in the affidavit that upon the transfer of the writ petition to this court from the Allahabad High Court, no notice was issued to the petitioner and, that the petitioner only came to know about the dismissal of the writ petition when he inquired from the Registry on 23rd April, 2010. No explanation has been given by the petitioner as to why he did not inquire from his counsel from the year 1993 till the year 2010. No plausible explanation has been given as to what the petitioner was doing in these 17 years. The mere fact that no notice has been issued about the transfer of the petition does not mean that the petition would be restored automatically. The petitioner should have also cautious and should have inquired about the fate of his writ petition. Admittedly, the counsel, who was appearing for the petitioner, also started practicing in this court upon the creation of the High Court of Uttarakhand. Nothing has been indicated as to why the said counsel did not appear on 01.09.2005 when the case was dismissed for want of prosecution. In the absence of an explanation being given, this court is not inclined to condone the delay in filing the restoration application. Delay Condonation Application No.3250/2010 is hereby rejected. Consequently, the restoration application stands dismissed. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 06.05.2010 LSR