Allahabad High Court
GOPAL PRASAD SHARMAversusBHARAT KUMAR VERMA AND OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- Y K SRIVASTAVA
Holding
The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioners, Gopal Prasad Sharma, filed a writ petition (Writ‑A No. 13199 of 2013) before the Allahabad High Court seeking relief against the respondents, Bharat Kumar Verma and others. The petition was listed and counsel for the petitioners, Ajay Kumar Pathak and Kripa Shanker Singh, were recorded. However, no representative appeared on behalf of the petitioners to press the petition. Consequently, the Court noted a lack of prosecution of the petition. The Court dismissed the petition for want of prosecution and vacated any interim order that had earlier been granted.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate course of action when a petition is filed but no party appears to prosecute it?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- procedural default
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 13199 of 2013
Gopal Prasad Sharma
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Bharat Kumar Verma And Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ajay Kumar Pathak, Kripa Shanker
Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Kshitij Shailendra, Pankaj Agrawal
Court No. - 35
HON'BLE DR. YOGENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J.
Case called out in the revised list.
No one appeared on behalf of the petitioner to press this petition.
The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Interim order, if any, granted earlier, stands vacated.
(Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.)
September 16, 2026
Arun K. Singh
Digitally signed by :-
ARUN KUMAR SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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