Allahabad High Court
JAGDISH AND OTHERSversusD.D.C. AND OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKRAM D CHAUHAN
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioners filed Writ Petition No. 5385 of 1981 before the Allahabad High Court seeking relief against the respondents. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioners on the date of hearing, and the petition remained unprosecuted. The Court noted the absence of any prosecution of the petition. Consequently, the Court exercised its inherent power to dismiss the petition for want of prosecution. The dismissal was recorded without any substantive consideration of the merits, as the petition was not pursued by the petitioners.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition should be dismissed for want of prosecution?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- procedural law
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - B No. - 5385 of 1981
Jagdish And Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
D.D.C. And Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : H.S. Joshi, Sanjay Goshwami
Counsel for Respondent(s) : L.S. Srivastava
Court No. - 34
HON'BLE VIKRAM D. CHAUHAN, J.
1. List has been revised. No one has appeared on behalf of the petitioners to
press this writ petition.
2. The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
(Vikram D. Chauhan,J.)
March 19, 2026
VMA
Digitally signed by :-
VISHWA MOHAN ARORA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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