Allahabad High Court
UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERSversusP. K. AGRAWAL AND OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioners filed a writ petition in the Allahabad High Court but failed to appear for the revised call. No substantive arguments or evidence were presented. The court noted the lack of prosecution and dismissed the petition. The judges, however, granted the petitioners liberty to file a restoration application within one month if they wish to revive the case. No merits of the petition were considered due to procedural default.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate consequence for a writ petition when the petitioners fail to prosecute the case?
Subjects
- procedural default
- writ petition
- restoration application
- want of prosecution
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 70614 of 2009
Union Of India And Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
P. K. Agrawal And Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manoj Kumar Singh, Prashant Mathur,
Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, Saurabh
Srivastava
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Anand Kumar, Neeraj Tripathi, R.K.
Dwivedi, Rahul Sahai, S.C., Sudama Rao
Court No. - 2
HON'BLE ATUL SREEDHARAN, J.
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.
1. None appears for the petitioners even in the revised call. Sri Siddharth
Srivastava, Advocate (Advocate Roll No.A/S1665/2023) holding brief of Sri
Rahul Sahai, learned counsel for the respondent is present.
2. The present writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution with liberty
granted to the petitioners to file restoration application within one month, if
need be.
March 18, 2026
R.S. Tiwari
(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Atul Sreedharan,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
RAVI SHANKAR TIWARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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