Allahabad High Court
QAMAR ALAMversusSTATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution, with liberty to file a restoration application within one month.
Summary
Qamar Alam filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court challenging actions of the State of U.P. and others. No counsel appeared for the petitioner on the revised call. The Court dismissed the petition on the ground of want of prosecution. The judges granted the petitioner liberty to file a restoration application within one month if required. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate consequence of a petitioner's failure to prosecute a writ petition?
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to a chance to seek restoration of the dismissed petition.
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- restoration
- civil procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 13657 of 2007
Qamar Alam
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Akshay Kuamr, K.S. Rathor
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Girijesh Kumar Tripathi
Court No. - 2
HON'BLE ATUL SREEDHARAN, J.
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.
1. None appears for the petitioner even in the revised call.
2. The present writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution with liberty
granted to the petitioner to file restoration application within one month, if
need be.
March 19, 2026
R.S. Tiwari
(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Atul Sreedharan,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
RAVI SHANKAR TIWARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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