Bombay High Court

KAI . SUSHILATAI GAIKWAD BAHUUDDESHIYA SANSTHA, AND ANRversusTHE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY , HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT DEPT MANTRALAYA AND ANR

Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: R G AVACHAT AJIT B KADETHANKAR

Holding

The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The petitioners, a charitable organization, filed a writ petition in 2018 challenging the course fees for the academic year 2018‑2019 imposed by the Higher and Technical Education Department. The petition remained inactive for several years, with no appearances or filings by the petitioners. The Court observed that the petitioners had lost interest in prosecuting the case. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition on the ground of want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the fee dispute were addressed.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition pending for several years without any prosecution should be dismissed for want of prosecution?

Subjects

writ petition
dismissal for want of prosecution
course fees
higher education
civil procedure

Judgment

                                                         38-WP-9851-2018 (C).doc




              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                      CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                        CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                       WRIT PETITION NO. 9851 OF 2018

Kai . Sushilatai Gaikwad Bahuuddeshiya
Sanstha, And Anr.                                                ...Petitioners
       Versus
The Principal Secretary , Higher And Technical
Education And Employment Dept Mantralaya
And Anr.                                                         ...Respondents

                                        …..
None for Petitioner.
Mr. R. P. Kadam ‘B’ Panel Counsel, for Respondent- State.
                                   …..


                                     CORAM :      R.G. AVACHAT &
                                                  AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ.

                                     DATE     :   2nd FEBRUARY 2026.
P.C:

1.         The prayer of the petition shows that the petitioners have

grievance in respect of the course fees for the academic year 2018-

2019. The petition is filed in the year 2018 and is not moved by the

petitioner till this date. Today also nobody appears for the petitioners.

2.         It seems that the petitioners have lost their interest in prosecuting

the petition. The same stands dismissed for want of prosecution.



[AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.]                                   [R.G. AVACHAT, J.]




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