Bombay High Court

SYED MAHEMOOD SYED NOOR THORUGH LRS SYED NASER SYED MAHEMOOD AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: KISHORE C SANT SUSHIL M GHODESWAR

Holding

The writ petition is disposed of for want of prosecution.

Summary

The petitioners filed a writ petition in 2018 seeking directions to decide representation and hold an enquiry against a respondent. The case remained pending for several years and was adjourned at the petitioners' request in July 2018. The court observed that the petitioners had lost interest in prosecuting the writ petition. Consequently, the court held that the petition could not continue without active prosecution. The writ petition was therefore disposed of for want of prosecution.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate course of action when a writ petition remains unprosecuted for an extended period?

Subjects

writ petition
want of prosecution
disposal
high court
adjournment

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:653-DB




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                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                    BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                  920 WRIT PETITION NO. 8334 OF 2018

               SYED MAHEMOOD SYED NOOR THORUGH LRS SYED NASER SYED
                               MAHEMOOD AND OTHERS
                                      VERSUS
                       THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

              Mr.A.Abdul L.Shaikh, Advocate for the petitioners.
              Ms.Saie S.Joshi, AGP for the respondent/State.

                                    ( CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT AND
                                              SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, JJ. )

                                       DATE : 8 JANUARY, 2026


              PER COURT :


              1.              None for the petitioners.



              2.              By way of this petition, the learned Advocate for the

              petitioners seeks directions to decide the representation and to hold an

              enquiry against Respondent No.3.



              3.              This Court finds that the petition is pending since 2018.

              Though it was circulated at one instance, it was adjourned at the

              request of the learned Advocate for the petitioners on 24.07.2018.


              khs/Jan.2026/8334
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4.              Thus, it is clear that the petitioners have lost interest in

prosecuting the writ petition.



5.              The writ petition stands disposed of for want of

prosecution.




 ( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.)                    ( KISHORE C. SANT, J.)




khs/Jan.2026/8334

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