Allahabad High Court
SRIPATIversusRAMA SHANKER AND OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- Y K SRIVASTAVA
Holding
The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution, and the interim order is vacated.
Summary
The petitioner, Sripati, filed Writ Petition No. 1907 of 1977 in the Allahabad High Court seeking relief against the respondents. No counsel appeared for the petitioner, and the petitioner failed to press the petition further. The court examined an office report dated 17‑April‑2026 which confirmed that a notice was duly served on the petitioner to engage another counsel. Since the petitioner did not comply, the court found the petition to be abandoned. Consequently, the petition was dismissed for want of prosecution and any interim order previously granted was vacated.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of a petitioner's failure to appear and prosecute the writ petition?
- Whether the service of notice to engage another counsel was sufficient to deem the petition abandoned.
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal for want of prosecution
- service of notice
- interim order vacated
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - B No. - 1907 of 1977
Sripati
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Rama Shanker And Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : S.K.Verma
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 35
HON'BLE DR. YOGENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J.
Case called out in the revised list.
None appears for the petitioner to press the petition.
Office report dated 17.4.2026 indicates sufficiency of service of notice
issued to the petitioner to engage anther counsel.
Petition is, accordingly, dismissed for want of prosecution.
Interim order, if any, stands vacated.
(Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.)
April 20, 2026
RKK/-
Digitally signed by :-
RAJ KUMAR KANNAUJIA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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