3-IA-6873-2026.DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 6873 OF 2026 IN INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1501 OF 2025 IN COMMERCIAL FIRST APPEAL (ST) NO. 25810 OF 2024 IN COMMERCIAL SUIT NO. 100413 OF 2020 Sanjay Vaghji Rathod ...Applicant/Appellant Versus Government of India Thr. Secretary, New Delhi & Ors ...Respondents _______ Mr N D Jaywant for Applicant/Appellant. Mr Anjani Kumar Singh, for Respondent No.1. Mr Priyank Shukla, i/b Asutosh Shukla, for Respondent No.2. _______ CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI & DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ. DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 P.C. 1. By this Interim Application, the Applicant/Appellant has prayed for restoration of Interim Application No. 1501 of 2025, which came to be dismissed for want of prosecution by an order dated 13th August 2026. 2. Mr Anjani Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the Respondent No.1, has opposed the Interim Application. 3. However, considering the averments as made in the memo of the application, we are of the opinion that it is in the interest of justice that the Shivgan SHAMBHAVI NILESH SHIVGAN Digitally signed by SHAMBHAVI NILESH SHIVGAN Date: 2026.09.18 16:55:51 +0530 3-IA-6873-2026.DOC proceedings are restored to the file of this Court. Accordingly, the Interim Application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). 4. Disposed of. No costs. (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.) (G. S. KULKARNI, J.) Shivgan