Smt. Jeera Devi v. Union Of India

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR MCC No.752 of 2017

1. Smt. Jeera Devi W/o Late Shri Najrang Lal Aged About 69 Years R/o Parsabhata Bazar, P. O. Balco Nagar, Korba, District Korba Chhattisgarh

2. Kumar Singh @ Daini S/o Late Shri Najrang Lal Aged About 49 Years R/o Parsabhata Bazar, P. O. Balco Nagar, Korba, District Korba Chhattisgarh ---- Applicants

Versus

1. Union Of India Through Secretary, Ministry Of Coal & Mines, Department Of Coal, Shashtri Bhawan, New Delhi

2. Coal India Limited, Through Its Chairman Cum Managing Director, Garden Reach Kolkatta, West Bengal

3. South Eastern Coal Fields Ltd, Through Its Chairman Cum Managing Director, Seepat Road, Sarkanda Bilaspur Chhattisgarh

4. General Manager, SECL Surakachhar Colliery, Korba, District Korba Chhattisgarh

5. Chief Personnel Manager, S E C L Surakachhar Colliery, Korba, District Korba Chhattisgarh

6. Collector / Deputy Collector, Korba, District Korba Chhattisgarh

7. Branch Manager, State Bank Of India, Banki Mongra, District Korba Chhattisgarh ---- Non-applicants For Applicants : Mr. Pushkar Sinha, Advocate For Respondents No.2 to 5 :

Mr. Vinod Deshmukh, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order On Board 11/10/2017

(1) Learned counsel appearing for the applicants is heard on restoration application.

(2) The applicants are seeking restoration of W.P.No.3052/2004 which was dismissed for want of prosecution vide order dated 11.09.2017.

(3) On due consideration of the submissions of the learned counsel for the applicants and the grounds taken in the restoration application, I am satisfied that the absence of the applicants' counsel on 11.09.2017 when W.P. No.3052/2004 was taken-up for hearing was based on bonafide grounds.

(4) Accordingly, M.C.C. No.752/2017 is allowed and W.P. No.3052/2004 is restored to its original number subject to payment of cost of Rs.2,000/- payable to the High Court Legal Aid Committee within 15 days from today.

Sd/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge L/-