Bombay High Court
SHRI. ABHIJEET SHASHIKANT PATILversusTHE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, METRO CENTRE AND ANR.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The writ petition was dismissed for want of prosecution due to the petitioner's failure to appear.
Summary
The petitioner, Shri Abhijeet Shashikant Patil, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Metro Centre and others. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioner when the matter was called out. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition for want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered. The dismissal was pronounced by Justice Amit Borkar.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of the petitioner's non-appearance on the continuation of a writ petition?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- civil procedure
- non-appearance
Judgment
32-WP-9075-2015.doc
Vivekanand
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
Digitally
signed by
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
VIVEKANAND
VIVEKANAND RAJENDRA
RAJENDRA BONDE
BONDE Date:
2026.08.17
17:58:54
+0530
WRIT PETITION NO. 9075 OF 2015
Shri. Abhijeet Shashikant Patil … Petitioner
V/s.
The Special Land Acquisition
Officer, Metro Centre and Anr. … Respondents
None for the Petitioner.
Mrs. P. J. Gavhane, AGP for the Respondent-State Nos.
1 & 2.
CORAM : AMIT BORKAR, J.
DATED : AUGUST 17, 2026
P.C.:
1. None is present on behalf of the petitioner when the matter
is called out.
2. Hence, the writ petition stands dismissed for want of
prosecution.
(AMIT BORKAR, J.)
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