Allahabad High Court
MUKUL ARYAversusState of UP AND 17 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA
Holding
A writ petition may be withdrawn on the petitioner's request and the Court may dismiss it as withdrawn.
Summary
Mukul Arya filed Writ Petition No. 350 of 2024 before the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner, through counsel Satendra Kumar Singh, later instructed that the petition should not be pursued and sought its withdrawal. An application for withdrawal (Civil Misc. Withdrawal Application No. 5 of 2026) was filed before the Court. The Court examined whether a writ petition could be withdrawn at the petitioner's request. Finding no impediment, the Court allowed the withdrawal application and dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original petition were considered.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition may be withdrawn at the request of the petitioner
- Whether the High Court can dismiss a writ petition as withdrawn upon such request
Subjects
- withdrawal of writ petition
- civil procedure
- high court
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - B No. - 350 of 2024
Mukul Arya
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of Up And 17 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Satendra Kumar Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ayub Khan, C.S.C., Dharm Vir
Jaiswal, Harsh Vikram, Ravindra Singh
Court No. - 50
HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J.
Order on Civil Misc. Withdrawal Application No. 5 of 2026
This is an application seeking withdrawal of the writ petition.
Shri Satendra Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner at the very
outset submits that he has instructions not to press the writ petition and
the same be dismissed as withdrawn.
Accordingly, application is allowed.
The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
(Ashutosh Srivastava,J.)
September 17, 2026
Deepak/
Digitally signed by :-
DEEPAK KUMAR KUSHWAHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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