Bombay High Court
DILIP PRALHAD PADALEversusTHE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioner filed a writ petition in 2019 challenging an order dated 17 March 2016. The petition remained uncirculated for over four years and was first listed in September 2023. Despite multiple listings in 2023, 2024, and 2026, the petitioner and counsel failed to appear on each occasion. The court observed that the petitioner showed no interest in prosecuting the petition. Consequently, the High Court dismissed the writ petition for want of prosecution.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition can be dismissed for want of prosecution due to prolonged inactivity and failure to appear before the court
Subjects
- writ petition
- want of prosecution
- delay
- court dismissal
- civil procedure
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:44665
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
22 WRIT PETITION NO. 4621 OF 2020
DILIP PRALHAD PADALE
VERSUS
THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
...
Mr. P.V. Barde, Advocate for petitioner – absent
Mr. R.S. Sarvadnya, Senior Panel Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 3
...
CORAM : ROHIT W. JOSHI, J.
DATE : 28th SEPTEMBER, 2026
ORDER :
. Present petition is filed in the year 2020. It was listed for the
first time on 05.09.2023, on which date notice was issued. The order
impugned in the present petition is dated 17.03.2016. The petition was filed
on 16.04.2019. For a period of over four years it was not circulated and was
listed for the first time on 05.09.2023. On 04.10.2023 both sides were
absent even on second call. The petition was thereafter listed on two
occasions on 07.01.2024 and 17.08.2026 when it could not reach. On
02.09.2026 none appeared for the petitioner. Today also nobody appears on
behalf of the petitioner. It appears that the petitioner is not interested in
prosecuting the petition. Writ Petition stands dismissed for want of
prosecution.
( ROHIT W. JOSHI, J. )
agd
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