Bombay High Court

SMT. APARNA PURUSHOTTAM PATILversusGODAWARI EDUCATION SOCIETY, THROUGH CHAIRMAN/SECRETARY AND ORS

Decided: 25 June 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: G S KULKARNI AARTI A SATHE

Holding

The petitions were dismissed for want of prosecution, and the related civil applications were also dismissed.

Summary

The petitioners filed multiple writ petitions and civil applications before the Bombay High Court but failed to prosecute them, apparently due to the passage of time and loss of interest. The Court observed that the petitioners had not taken any steps to move the proceedings forward. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petitions for want of prosecution. As a result, the associated civil applications were also dismissed as nothing survived them. No substantive merits of the petitions were considered.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate remedy when a petitioner fails to prosecute a writ petition and associated civil applications?

Subjects

dismissal
want of prosecution
civil procedure
high court

Judgment

                                                             223 WP 3590-12.DOC



           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                  CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9530 OF 2012
                                WITH
                  CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 884 OF 2014
                                 IN
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9530 OF 2012


Anil Gopinath Dhavale                        ...Petitioner
      Versus
Godawari Education Society & Ors.            ...Respondents
                                WITH
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9531 OF 2012
                                WITH
                  CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 885 OF 2014
                                 IN
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9531 OF 2012
                                WITH
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9532 OF 2012
                                WITH
                  CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 886 OF 2014
                                 IN
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9532 OF 2012
                                WITH
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9533 OF 2012
                                WITH
                  CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 887 OF 2014
                                 IN
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9533 OF 2012
                                WITH
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9534 OF 2012
                                WITH
                  CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 888 OF 2014
                                 IN
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9534 OF 2012
                                WITH
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9535 OF 2012
                                WITH
                  CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 889 OF 2014
                                 IN
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9535 OF 2012
                                WITH
                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9536 OF 2012
                                WITH


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                                                                     223 WP 3590-12.DOC



                    CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 890 OF 2014
                                   IN
                     WRIT PETITION NO. 9536 OF 2012
                                 _______
None for the Petitioners.
Mr. A. I. Patel. Addl.G.P. a/w A. A. Purav & D. S. Deshmukh, AGP for
Respondent-State.
                                     _______

                                  CORAM:          G. S. KULKARNI &
                                                  AARTI SATHE, JJ.

                                  DATE:           25 JUNE 2026

P.C.

           None for the Petitioners. It appears that due to passage of time, the

Petitioners have lost interest in prosecuting the matter. Hence, dismissed for want

of prosecution.


2.         In view of dismissal of the Petitions, nothing survives in the above Civil

Applications and the same also stand dismissed.




        (AARTI SATHE, J.)                         (G. S. KULKARNI, J.)




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