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Allahabad High Court

SARASWATI SHARANversusUNION OF INDIA THRU SECY. AND OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.

Summary

The petitioner filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court seeking relief against the Union of India. During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel informed the court that the petitioner was not inclined to press the petition further. The respondent, represented by counsel for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, raised no objection to the petitioner’s request. The court considered the parties’ positions and the lack of any opposition. Consequently, the court dismissed the writ petition as not pressed. The dismissal was recorded on 4 February 2026.

Issues considered

  • Whether the writ petition should be dismissed as not pressed

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • dismissal
  • not pressed
  • civil procedure
  • Allahabad High Court

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                            WRIT - C No. - 11626 of 2013

                                    Saraswati Sharan
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    Union Of India Thru Secy. And Others
                                                                                              .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)       : Dwivedi S.C., M.C. Chaturvedi
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)       : A.S.G.I., Anand Tiwari, Prakash Padia,
                                                                      Ram Kinkar Shukla, S.C.

                                    Court No. - 21
                                                HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J.
                                                HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J.

                                    1. Shri Prajit Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the petitioner on being
                                    instructions submits that the petitioner is not inclined to press the instant
                                    writ petition and the same may be dismissed as not pressed.

                                    2. Shri Anand Tiwari, learned counsel for the Bharat Petroleum
                                    Corporation Ltd has no objection to the aforesaid prayer.

                                    3. Accordingly, the instant writ petition stands dismissed as not pressed.


                                                       (Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.)
                                    February 4, 2026
                                    SA




Digitally signed by :-
SALMAN ALI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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