Allahabad High Court
MUKESH KUMAR YADAVversusUNION OF INDIA AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as not pressed, with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh petition.
Summary
Petitioner Mukesh Kumar Yadav filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. The petition contained certain discrepancies, leading the petitioner’s counsel to acknowledge that the petition was not properly pressed. The Court, after hearing counsel for the respondents, dismissed the petition on the ground that it was not pressed, but granted the petitioner liberty to file a fresh petition. No substantive merits of the petition were considered. The order was passed by Judges Saral Srivastava and Garima Prashad.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate course of action when a writ petition is found to be not pressed due to discrepancies?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- maintainability
- procedural defect
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 17898 of 2026
Mukesh Kumar Yadav
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Union Of India And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Akhilesh Kumar Pandey
Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C.
Court No. - 40
HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J.
1. 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 afresh.
2. Consequently, the present petition is dismissed as not pressed with liberty
to the petitioner to file a fresh petition.
3. The present order has been passed in presence of Sri Ashish Tripathi,
learned counsel for respondent nos.1 and 2-Union of India.
May 6, 2026
NS
(Garima Prashad,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
NITIN KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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