Allahabad High Court
RAM DAS SINGHversusMANDE LAL
- Decided
- Bench
- PIYUSH AGRAWAL
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
Ram Das Singh filed a writ petition (Writ B No. 4303 of 1979) before the Allahabad High Court seeking relief. The petition 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 writ petition was dismissed for want of prosecution and any interim order that may have been in force was vacated. The dismissal reflects the Court's procedural stance that a petition must be actively pursued to merit consideration.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate consequence when a writ petition is not prosecuted by the petitioner?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- priority hearing
- procedural law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - B No. - 4303 of 1979
Ram Das Singh
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Mande Lal
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Dharm Singh Parmar, R.R.Shivhare
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ram Bahadur
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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