1 2025:CGHC:38932 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCC No. 795 of 2025 1 - Shiv Kumar Soni S/o Shyam Sundar Soni, Aged About 48 Years R/o Village And Post Singhola, Police Station- Lal Bag, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 2 - Mahesh Kumar Sahu, S/o Daramdas Sahu, Aged About 32 Years R/o Village Diwanjhitiya, Post Diwanbhedi, Police Station Dongargaon, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 3 - Manoj Kumar Nishad S/o Pardeshiram Nishad, Aged About 39 Years R/o Village Diwajhitiya, Post Diwanbhedi, Police Station Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. ... Applicants versus 1 - Chhattisgarh State Of Power Distribution Company Limited, Through Managing Director Danginiya, Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Executive Director (O And M) C S P D C L, Raipur (C.G.) 3 - M/s Jbs Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. Through Managing Director, Thane, South Mumbai (M.S.), District Mumbai, Maharashtra. ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Applicants : Mr. Ravi Kumar Bhagat, Advocate For Respondents : Mr. Gopal Swaroop Gupta, Advocate appears on behalf of Mr. K. R. Nair, Advocate (Hon’ble Shri Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Digitally signed by RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Date: 2025.08.06 17:35:36 +0530 2 Order on Board 06/08/2025 1. Heard on M.C.C., application for restoration of WPS No.2461/2019, which was dismissed vide order dated 02.07.2025 for want of prosecution. 2. Learned counsel for the applicants would submit that on 02.07.2025, counsel appearing for the applicants was engaged in another Court, thus, he could not appear when the case was taken up for hearing, therefore, the same was dismissed for want of prosecution. Hence, the said mistake was bonafide and the applicants wants to contest the case on merits, thus the instant MCC may be allowed. 3. Prayer made by the learned counsel for the applicant is not opposed by the learned counsel appearing for the respondents. 4. On due consideration and for the reasons mentioned in the restoration application, instant MCC is hereby allowed. 5. Accordingly, the Registry is directed to restore WPS No.2461/2019, (Shiv Kumar Soni and Others vs. State of Chhattisgarh and Others) in its original number. Sd/- (Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) Judge Ravi Mandavi