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Allahabad High Court

SMT. PRATIGYAversusSTATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

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

Summary

The petitioner, Smt. Pratigya, filed Writ Petition No. 17606 of 2026 before the Allahabad High Court challenging an action of the State of Uttar Pradesh. The petition was found to contain certain discrepancies, rendering it not pressed. Counsel for the petitioner acknowledged the deficiencies and suggested that the petition could be dismissed, allowing the petitioner to file a fresh petition. The Court examined the petition and concurred that it was not pressed due to the identified discrepancies. Consequently, the Court dismissed the writ petition, granting the petitioner liberty to file a fresh petition. No substantive merits of the underlying dispute were addressed.

Issues considered

  • Whether the writ petition is sufficiently pressed for adjudication

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • dismissal
  • procedural defect
  • fresh petition
  • Allahabad High Court

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

                                                           WRIT - C No. - 17606 of 2026

                                    Smt. Pratigya
                                                                                                   .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                        Versus
                                    State Of Uttar Pradesh And Another
                                                                                                 .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                             :    Anil Kumar
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                             :    C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 40
                                                       HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
                                                       HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J.

                                    There are certain discrepancies in the writ petition, therefore, learned
                                    counsel for the petitioner states that the present petition may be dismissed as
                                    not pressed with liberty to file a fresh petition.

                                    In such view of the fact, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed with the
                                    aforesaid liberty to the petitioner.

                                    May 6, 2026
                                    Sattyarth
                                                                    (Garima Prashad,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.)




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SATTYARTH ANAND
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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