High Court of Gujarat

G IMMANUEL S/O JOSEPH GUNADALAversusEXECUTIVE SECRETARY, WESTERN INDIA UNION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

Decided: 5 February 2026
Disposal: 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: NIRZAR S DESAI

Holding

The petition was withdrawn and disposed of as it was not maintainable.

Summary

G. Immanuel filed a Special Civil Application before the Gujarat High Court against the Executive Secretary, Western India Union of Seventh-Day Adventist & others. The petitioner, through senior advocate Shalin Mehta, sought permission to withdraw the petition to pursue an appropriate remedy elsewhere. The Court noted that the petition was not maintainable and therefore did not consider the merits. Consequently, the Court granted the request to withdraw and disposed of the petition as withdrawn. No substantive issues were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to withdraw a Special Civil Application that is not maintainable

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
maintainability
civil procedure

Judgment

        C/SCA/1455/2026                                                  ORDER DATED: 05/02/2026




               IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

                 R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1455 of 2026

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                G IMMANUEL S/O JOSEPH GUNADALA
                              Versus
    EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, WESTERN INDIA UNION OF SEVENTH-DAY
                        ADVENTIST & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR SHALIN MEHTA, SENIOR ADVOCATE with
MR DEVARSHI C SHAH(5545) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
MR G H VIRK, GOVERNMENT PLEADER with
MS DHARITRI PANCHOLI, AGP with
MS VISHVESH PUJARA, ADVOCATE for the Respondent(s) No. 4
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    CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI

                                         Date : 05/02/2026

                                            ORAL ORDER


          Learned senior advocate Mr. Shalin Mehta appearing with
learned advocate Mr. Devarshi Shah for the petitioner under
instructions seeks permission to withdraw this petition with a
view to avail appropriate remedy available under law to the
petitioner.


          Permission as prayed for is granted. This petition is
disposed of as withdrawn. Needless to say that since the
petition is not maintainable, this Court has not gone into the
merits of the matter.

                                                                        (NIRZAR S. DESAI,J)
SHRIJIT PILLAI
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: PILLAI SHRIJIT P(HC01400), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 05/02/2026 18:17:21



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