1 of 3 5-IA-7271-2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 7271 OF 2025 IN WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 8664 OF 2023 Sharad Prabhakar Deshpande ..Applicant IN THE MATTER OF Sharad Prabhakar Deshpande ..Petitioner Versus Central Bank Of India & Anr. ..Respondents __________ Mr. Kunal Naik i/by Aswin Shanker for the Applicant/Petitioner. __________ CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. DATE : 13th OCTOBER 2026 PC : 1. This is an Application for restoration of Writ Petition (L) No. 8664 of 2023. There is a delay of 13 days in filing of the present Application, and a prayer is made for condonation of that delay. The said Writ Petition was dismissed pursuant to the Order dated 29th July 2025 passed by the Prothonotary and Senior Master of this Court. Vide that Order, the Petitioner was directed to supriya SUPRIYA PRAMOD JAWARE Digitally signed by SUPRIYA PRAMOD JAWARE Date: 2026.10.15 15:55:33 +0530 2 of 3 5-IA-7271-2025 remove office objections within a period of four weeks from the date of uploading of the Order, failing which the Petition was to stand rejected for non-compliance of removal of office objections. 2. Learned Counsel for the Applicant submitted that it was due to inadvertence on the part of the learned Advocate that the office objections could not be removed. The lapse was not deliberate. In the interest of justice, the matter be restored. 3. We have considered these submissions. Since the lapse was not deliberate or intentional, in the interest of justice and in order that the litigant should not suffer, we are inclined to allow this Application. The delay is only of 13 days, that can also be condoned. Hence, the following order :- ORDER (i) The delay of 13 days in filing the present Application is condoned. (ii) The Writ Petition No. (L) NO. 8664 OF 2023 to be restored to its file. 3 of 3 5-IA-7271-2025 (iii) The office objections shall now be removed within a period of six weeks from today. (iv) The Application is disposed of. (RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)