Allahabad High Court
C/M CUTTING MEMORIAL INTER COLLEGE AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 7 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA
Holding
A petition that is not pressed by the petitioner must be dismissed.
Summary
The petitioners, C/M Cutting Memorial Inter College and another, filed a writ petition (Writ‑C No. 26266 of 2016) against the State of U.P. and seven other respondents. The petition was being pursued before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. During the hearing, Shri Saurabh Tripathi, junior to Senior Advocate Prabhakar Awasthi, informed the court that the petitioners had instructed him not to press the petition further. The court considered this instruction and found that the petition was no longer being pursued by the petitioners. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition on the ground that it was not pressed. No substantive merits of the case were examined, and the dismissal was the final order.
Subjects
- petition
- dismissal
- not pressed
- high court
- Allahabad
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 26266 of 2016
C/M Cutting Memorial Inter College And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 7 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Prabhakar Awasthi, Pradeep Kumar
Upadhyay, S B Singh, Surendra
Bahadur Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Gaurav Tiwari, Kumar Vikram,
Kumar Vikrant, Sanjeev Singh,
Sundeep Agarwal, Suresh Bahadur
Singh, Vinod Singh
Court No. - 37
HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J.
1. Shri Saurabh Tripathi, Junior of Mr. Prabhakar Awasthi, learned Senior
Advocate, submits that he has instructions not to press the present petition
and the same may be dismissed as not pressed.
2. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed as not pressed.
(Kshitij Shailendra,J.)
March 19, 2026
Sazia
Digitally signed by :-
SAZIA AQUIL
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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