HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVSSION BENCH HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, CJ. i-r KON'BLE SHR! SUNiL nwiii Kishor Pawar, son of K.C. Pawar, aged about 31 years, Resident of L!G- 13, Shivaji Nagar, P.0. Korba (T.S.), Distt. Korba (M.P.) Kunjram S/o Bidur Ram Yadav, resident of Rampur, P.S. Kartala, Tahsil & District Korba (C.G.) (a) Hoshiyar Sharma, S/o Late Jageram Sharma. (b) Dharamjeet Sharma, S/o Late Jageram Sharma. (c) Om Prakash Sharma, S/o Late Jageram Sharma. ) WazirSharma, S/o Late Jageram Sharma. Aii residents of Kharsiya, Tahsil Kharsiya, District Raigarh (M.P.) United India Insurance Company Limited, Branch Raigarh, through Branch Manager, Raigarh (C.G.). ABPlication for restoration of the Miscelianeous Appeaj N0.99/199S Present: Shri H.V. Sharma, learned counset for the petltioner. Shri Varunendra Mishra, learned counsel for respondents No. 2(a) to 2(d). Shri Vinay Harit, learned Senior Counsel with Shri Suryakant Mishra, learned counsel for respondent No.3. y ORDER th The following order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, CJ. Leamed counsel for the parties are heard on I.A. No.01/2008, an application for condonation of delay in filing the restoration petition. 2. On due consideration, I.A. No. 01/2008 is allowed and the delay in filing the restoration petition is hereby condoned. 3. Learned counsel for the parties are heard on the restoration petition. 4. The petitioner is seeking restoration of M.A. No.99/1999, which was dismissed for want of prosecution vide order dated 28-03-2008. 5. On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and the grounds taken in the restoration petition, we are satisfied that the absence of the petitioner's/ appellant's counsei on 28-03-2008, when M.A. No.99/1999 was taken-up for hearing, was based on bona fide grounds. 6. MCC No.364/2008, therefore, is ailowed and M.A. No.99/1999 is restored to its oriQinal number, Sd/- Chief Justice Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge nimmi