Allahabad High Court
MAHAVEER SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- PRAKASH PADIA
Holding
The Court held that the writ petition was not pressed and therefore dismissed it, without granting liberty to refile on the same cause.
Summary
Mahaveer Singh filed a writ petition before the High Court of Allahabad challenging actions of the State of U.P. and three other respondents. The petition was argued before the Court and, after hearing, counsel for the petitioner prayed that the petition be dismissed as not pressed. The Court examined whether the petition was maintainable and found it to be not pressed. Accordingly, the Court dismissed the writ petition. The judgment further clarified that the petitioner is not entitled to file a fresh writ petition on the same cause of action.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition is maintainable (pressed) under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
- Whether the petitioner can be permitted to file a fresh writ petition on the same cause of action after dismissal.
Subjects
- writ petition
- maintainability
- not pressed
- dismissal
- fresh petition prohibition
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 10091 of 2026
Mahaveer Singh
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rajendra Singh Yadav, Vijai Kumar
Tiwari
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 6
HON'BLE PRAKASH PADIA, J.
1. After some arguments, a prayer has been made by counsel for the
petitioner to dismiss present writ petition as not pressed.
2. The writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.
3. It is made clear that no liberty has been granted to the petitioner to file a
fresh writ petition on the same cause of action.
(Prakash Padia,J.)
March 18, 2026
Pramod Tripathi
Digitally signed by :-
PRAMOD TRIPATHI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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