Allahabad High Court

MUNNU SINGH YADAVversusSTATE OF U.P THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME CIVIL SECRT. LKO. AND OTHERS

Decided: 10 February 2026
Disposal: Consigned to Record
Bench: RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN RAJEEV BHARTI

Holding

The petition was dismissed for want of prosecution due to the absence of any petitioner’s representative.

Summary

Munnu Singh Yadav filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench. The petitioner’s counsel, Anand Mani Tripathi and P.R.S. Bajpai, were not present to press the petition, while the State was represented by its learned A.G.A. The Court noted the absence of any representative for the petitioner and, on that basis, dismissed the petition for want of prosecution. The interim order, if any, was discharged. No substantive merits were considered.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition can proceed in the absence of any petitioner’s representative?

Subjects

writ petition
criminal miscellaneous
dismissal for want of prosecution
procedural law
high court

Judgment

                                                       Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:80451-DB

                                         Court No. - 10

                                         Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1823 of
                                         2024
                                         Petitioner :- Munnu Singh Yadav
                                         Respondent :- State Of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil
                                         Secrt. Lko. And Others
                                         Counsel for Petitioner :- Anand Mani Tripathi,P.R.S. Bajpai
                                         Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Ankit Kumar
                                         Pandey,Hairdaya Narain Tiwari

                                         Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J.
                                         Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J.

                                         1. Case called out in the revised list.

                                         2. No one is present on behalf of the petitioner to press this
                                         petition.

                                         3. Learned A.G.A. is present for the State.

                                         4. The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.

                                         5. Interim order, if any, stands discharged.

                                         .

                                                       [Om Prakash Shukla,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.]

                                         Order Date :- 3.12.2024
                                         Sachin




Digitally signed by :-
SACHIN MEHROTRA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench

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