Allahabad High Court
ASHUTOSH SHARMAversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.
Summary
The petitioners, Ashutosh Sharma, filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court challenging an action of the State of Uttar Pradesh and the Agra Development Authority. The respondents submitted instructions and the petitioner's counsel, Vijay Tripathi, argued that the petition should be dismissed as it was not pressed, and that the petitioner could file a fresh writ petition. The State’s Additional Chief Standing Counsel and the Agra Development Authority’s counsel did not oppose this view. The Court, after considering the submissions, held that the petition was indeed not pressed and dismissed it, 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 pressed and therefore maintainable
- Whether the petitioner should be allowed to file a fresh writ petition
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- not pressed
- fresh petition
- procedural
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 27481 of 2025
Ashutosh Sharma
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 2 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vijay Tripathi
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Jai Bahadur Singh, Suresh C.
Dwivedi
Court No. - 21
HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J.
HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J.
1. Shri Jai Bahadur Singh, learned counsel appearing for the
respondent–Agra Development Authority, has placed the instructions
before the Court, which are taken on record. A copy thereof has been
handed over to learned counsel for the petitioner.
2. Shri Siddharth Anand holding brief of Shri Vijay Tripathi learned counsel
for the petitioner, after advancing substantial arguments, submits that the
instant writ petition may be dismissed as not pressed with liberty to file a
fresh writ petition.
3. Mr. Ambrish Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the
State-respondents, and Shri Jai Bahadur Singh, learned counsel appearing
for the respondent-Agra Development Authority, Agra, have no objection to
the same.
4. Accordingly, with the aforesaid leave, the writ petition is dismissed as
not pressed.
(Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.)
May 14, 2026
Mukesh Kr.
Digitally signed by :-
MUKESH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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