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Allahabad High Court

LALIT KUMAR VERMAversusDIVISIONAL MANAGER LIC OF INDIA AND 2 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to file a fresh petition.

Summary

Lalit Kumar Verma filed a writ petition in the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction to the Divisional Manager of the Lic of India to consider his claim and grant an appointment on a compensatory basis. After hearing, the petitioner’s counsel requested that the petition be dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to file a fresh petition with more details. The respondents raised no objection to this request. The Court accepted the petitioner's request and dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn, granting liberty to re‑file a new petition. No substantive merits of the claim were adjudicated.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition can be withdrawn and dismissed with liberty to file a fresh petition

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • withdrawal
  • procedural law
  • appointment
  • compensation
  • High Court

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                             WRIT - A No. - 6840 of 2026

                                    Lalit Kumar Verma
                                                                                                 .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    Divisional Manager Lic Of India And 2 Others
                                                                                               .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)          :   Syed Irfan Ali
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)          :   Ashish Mishra, Siddharth Singhal

                                    Court No. - 33
                                                        HON'BLE DINESH PATHAK, J.

                                    1. Heard Sri Syed Irfan Ali, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ashish
                                    Mishra, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 1 to 3.

                                    2. Instant writ petition has been filed on behalf of the present petitioner
                                    seeking a direction to the respondent no. 3 to consider the claim of the
                                    petitioner, as raised through the representation dated 8.12.2025 and to
                                    provide an appointment, as per his qualification, on the compensate ground.

                                    3. After due deliberation at length, learned counsel for the petitioner has
                                    prayed to dismiss instant writ petition as withdrawn with liberty to file a
                                    fresh writ petition with better particulars and details of the case.

                                    4. Learned Counsel for the respondents has no objection to the prayer as
                                    made by the learned counsel for the petitioner.

                                    5. As such, instant writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as
                                    prayed for.


                                                                                             (Dinesh Pathak,J.)
                                    May 6, 2026
                                    Sushma




Digitally signed by :-
SUSHAMA YADAV
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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