( 1 ) THE respondent No. 1 before us filed a writ petition, being W. P. No. 318 of 2000, which was initially taken up on 31st January, 2000, when certain directions were given by the learned Single Judge to the appellant Bank in the presence of its learned Advocate-on-Record. Thereafter, directions were also given for filing of affidavits on 9th March, 2000. As will appear from the materials on record, the Advocate-on-Record for the bank forwarded to the advocate-on-Record for the writ petitioners-respondents an advance copy of the bank's affidavit-in-opposition on 24th March, 2000, but the said affidavit-in-opposition does not appear to have been filed in Court.

( 2 ) THE writ petition appeared after an interval of almost 4 years in the warning list of the learned Single Judge on 11th March, 2004, as well as on 12th March, 2004, when the same does not appear to have been called on for hearing. On 15th March, 2004, when the matter was ultimately taken up, no one appeared on behalf of the appellant-Bank and the hearing of the writ petition was adjourned till 17th March, 2004, with a direction upon the advocate-on-Record of the writ petitioners to inform the Advocate-on-Record of th

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