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Allahabad High Court

HARGOVINDversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.

Summary

The petitioner, Hargovind, filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court challenging a decision of the State of Uttar Pradesh and other respondents. After hearing the parties, counsel for the petitioner requested that the petition be dismissed on the ground that it was not pressed. The Court examined the submission and found that the petition did not satisfy the requirement of being pressed or maintainable. Consequently, the Court dismissed the writ petition as not pressed. The judgment further clarified that the petitioner is not granted any liberty to file another writ petition on the same cause of action.

Issues considered

  • Whether the writ petition filed by the petitioner is pressed and maintainable.

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • not pressed
  • dismissal
  • maintainability
  • procedural law

Judgment

                                                  HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                           WRIT - C No. - 10320 of 2026

                                    Hargovind
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                     Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 4 Others
                                                                                              .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)     : Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Nand Kishor
                                                                    Mishra
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)     : Achal Singh, 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 19, 2026
                                    Pramod Tripathi




Digitally signed by :-
PRAMOD TRIPATHI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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