Mr. Justice S. Parvatha Rao, President — This application is filed by the opposite parries 1 and 2 in C.D. No. 68 of 1992 which was partly allowed by this Commission by order dated 26.8.1997 directing them to pay a sum of Rs. 1 lakh to the respondent No. 1 herein, who was the complainant in the C.D., within a period of two months from the date of the order etc.

2. The petitioners pray that the said order of the Commission should be set aside as it was made ex-parte and that the C.D. should be restored to file, their counters should be received, and then it should be disposed of on merits.

3. The Managing Partner of the first petitioner, Sri V. Madan Mohan Rao, has given an affidavit dated 31.12.1997 in support of this application. He states that the petitioners engaged Sri Mohan Rao and his colleagues as their Advocates to appear in the C.D. and that they filed their vakalat and that Mr. V.Rama Rao, Advocate was looking after the matter. He further states that in 1992 the Commission became defunct because of lack of quorum and that the dates were not being properly given and that Mr. V. Rama Rao became Government Pleader for appearing in the Ranga Reddy District Court and that t