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Allahabad High Court

SMT. RASHMI MAURYA AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The writ petition was dismissed as not pressed, with liberty to file a fresh petition.

Summary

Petitioners Smt. Rashmi Maurya and another filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. Their counsel later informed the court that they did not wish to pursue the petition and sought its dismissal as not pressed. The court considered the request for withdrawal and, finding no objection, dismissed the writ petition on the ground that it was not pressed. The judgment also granted the petitioners liberty to file a fresh petition if they so desire. No substantive merits of the original petition were examined.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition can be dismissed as not pressed upon the petitioner's request for withdrawal

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • withdrawal
  • dismissal
  • civil procedure

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                           WRIT - C No. - 17491 of 2026

                                    Smt. Rashmi Maurya And Another
                                                                                              .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                      Versus

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

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)      : Satyam Trivedi,       Santosh     Kumar
                                                                     Srivastava
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)      : C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 76
                                                     HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.

                                    Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he does not want to press
                                    the present writ petition and it may be dismissed as not pressed with
                                    liberty to file a fresh.

                                    Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed as not pressed with
                                    liberty to file a fresh.



                                                                                  (Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)
                                    May 5, 2026
                                    A.




Digitally signed by :-
AFAQ AHMAD
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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