Allahabad High Court
KULLU AND OTHERSversusDEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION AND OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- PIYUSH AGRAWAL
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioners filed Writ Petition No. 2514 of 1980 in the Allahabad High Court seeking relief against the Deputy Director of Consolidation and others. The case was listed under the "Oldest Pending Cases" for priority hearing. No counsel or party appeared on the scheduled date to prosecute the petition. The Court observed that the petition remained unprosecuted and therefore could not be entertained. Consequently, the Court dismissed the writ petition for want of prosecution and vacated any interim orders that might have been in force.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition should be dismissed for want of prosecution when no party appears to press the petition?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- priority hearing
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - B No. - 2514 of 1980
Kullu And Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Deputy Director Of Consolidation And Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) :
Counsel for Respondent(s) : S.C.
Court No. - 7
HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J.
This case is listed under the heading of "Oldest Pending Cases in this High
Court for Priority Hearing".
List has been revised. No one appears for the petitioner(s) to press this writ
petition.
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Interim order, if any, stands vacated.
(Piyush Agrawal,J.)
March 19, 2026
Amit Mishra
Digitally signed by :-
AMIT KUMAR MISHRA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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