Bombay High Court

PRAGATI PRE FAB INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED AND ORS.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Decided: 29 August 2026
Disposal: Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

Holding

The petitions are dismissed for non‑prosecution.

Summary

The petitioners, Pragati Pre Fab India Private Limited & Ors., filed writ petitions No. 274 and 280 of 2021 in the Bombay High Court seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. The court observed that after March 17, 2021, neither the petitioners nor their counsel took any steps to circulate the petitions. The court inferred that the petitioners were not interested in pursuing the matters. Consequently, the court held that the petitions had been abandoned. The petitions were therefore dismissed for non‑prosecution. No substantive merits of the petitioners' claims were examined.

Issues considered

Whether the failure of the petitioners to act on the petitions amounts to abandonment warranting dismissal for non‑prosecution

Subjects

writ petition
non‑prosecution
abandonment
dismissal
High Court

Judgment

ssm 24-wp274.2021gp.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO. 274 OF 2021

WITH

WRIT PETITION NO. 280 OF 2021

Pragati Pre Fab India Private Limited & Ors. .…..Petitioners
Vs.
State Of Maharashtra & Ors. …..Respondents
____________________________________

None for the Petitioners.
Smt. M.H. Mhatre, APP for the Respondent-State.
____________________________________

CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 29th AUGUST, 2026.

P.C.:-

1) None for Petitioners when called out for hearing.

2) Record indicates that, after 17th March, 2021, neither the

Petitioners nor their Advocates have taken any steps to circulate the

Petitions, even once.

2.1) It appears that, the Petitioners are not interested in pursuing

the Petition.

3) Both the Petitions are dismissed for non-prosecution.

(KAMAL KHATA, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.)
Digitally signed
by SANJIV
SANJIV SHARNAPPA
SHARNAPPA MASHALKAR 1/1
MASHALKAR Date:
2026.09.07
17:01:07 +0530

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