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Bombay High Court

ADINATH JAGANNATH BONDARDEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS SECRETARY FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPT AND ORS

Decided
Disposal
Dismissed

Holding

The petition was dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The petitioner, Adinath Jagannath Bondarde, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court. No counsel appeared for the petitioner when the matter was called. The court observed that the petitioner was not interested in prosecuting the petition. Consequently, the petition was dismissed for want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition can be dismissed for want of prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear before the court

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • dismissal
  • want of prosecution
  • non-appearance

Judgment

                                                                                         27.WP10196_2025.DOC
  2026:BHC-AS:39945-DB

                  Vidya Amin
                                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                              CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                              WRIT PETITION NO. 10196 OF 2025

                        Adinath Jagannath Bondarde                                    … Petitioner
                               Vs
                        The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary for
                        General Administration Dept. & Ors.                           … Respondents
                                                          _________
                        None for the petitioner.
                        Mrs. P.M.J. Deshpande, AGP for the State.
                                                         __________

                                                     CORAM:        G. S. KULKARNI &
                                                                   DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ.
                                                     DATE:         29 SEPTEMBER 2026

                        P.C.

                                 None appears for the petitioner when the matter is called out. It appears

                        that the petitioner is not interested to prosecute this petition. Hence, dismissed

                        for want of prosecution.



                        (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.)                                (G. S. KULKARNI, J.) if




Signed by: Vidya S. Amin                                    Page 1 of 1
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge                     29 September 2026
Date: 01/10/2026 11:24:10


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