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Bombay High Court

SHRI. DATTATREY RAMCHANDRA PATILversusTHE DINDORI AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET COMMITTEE, DINDORI AND ORS

Decided
Disposal
Dismissed

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

Dattatrey Ramchandra Patil filed a writ petition (No. 1400 of 2023) in the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the Dindori Agricultural Produce Market Committee and others. The petitioner failed to appear before the court on the scheduled date of 17 February 2026, and no counsel represented him thereafter. The court noted the absence of any prosecution of the petition. Consequently, the bench dismissed the writ petition for want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.

Issues considered

  • What is the appropriate consequence when a petitioner fails to prosecute a writ petition?

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • want of prosecution
  • dismissal
  • Civil Appellate Jurisdiction
  • Bombay High Court

Judgment

                                                                         10-WP-1400-2023.DOC




       Digitally              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
       signed by
       SONALI                          CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
SONALI MILIND
MILIND PATIL
PATIL Date:                           WRIT PETITION NO.1400 OF 2023
       2026.03.05
       18:14:50
       +0530

                    Dattatrey Ramchandra Patil                 …Petitioner
                          Versus
                    The Dindori Agricultural Produce Market
                    Committee, Dindori, District-Nashik & Ors. …Respondents


                    None for the Petitioner.


                                            CORAM:      BHARATI DANGRE &
                                                        MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ.
                                            DATED :     4th MARCH 2026
                    PC:


                    1.       None appeared for the Petitioner even on 17th February 2026.



                    2.       None represent the Petitioner even today.



                    3.       The Writ Petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.




                    [MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.]                      [BHARATI DANGRE, J.]




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