Bombay High Court
DEVI DAKSHAYANI HAMAL KAMGAR SAHAKARI SOCIETY andORSversusSTATE OF MAHA and ORS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioners, Devi Dakshayani Hamal Kamgar Sahakari Society and others, filed a writ petition against the State of Maharashtra. The petitioners' counsel failed to appear in both the morning and afternoon sessions on the scheduled dates. The court gave an opportunity to appear and listed the matter for dismissal on 16 September 2026. Since the petitioners remained absent, the court dismissed the writ petition for want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition should be dismissed for want of prosecution due to the petitioners' failure to appear before the court?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- procedural default
- high court
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:42531
29 WP1777.2004
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
29 WRIT PETITION NO. 1777 OF 2004
DEVI DAKSHAYANI HAMAL KAMGAR SAHAKARI SOCIETY
AND ORS
VERSUS
STATE OF MAHA AND ORS
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AGP for Respondent/State: Mr. V. M. Chate
...
CORAM : SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
Date : 16.09.2026
PER COURT :-
1. Recording absence of learned counsel for the
Petitioners, this court has passed the following order dated
09.09.2026:
“1. Since, none appeared in the morning session for the
Petitioners, as such, the matter was kept back and,
thereafter, called out in the afternoon session, still, none
appears for the Petitioners.
2. As such, list the matter for dismissal, on 16.09.2026.”
2. Even today, nobody is present for the Petitioners.
29 WP1777.2004
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3. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition stands
dismissed for want of prosecution.
(SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.)
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