Allahabad High Court
SHEO BUX SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. SECRETARY REVENUE
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed/Partly Allowed on merits/Granted
- Bench
- IRSHAD ALI
Holding
The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
Petitioner Sheo Bux Singh filed a writ petition (C No. 3000056 of 2000) before the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench. The petition remained unattended as the petitioner's counsel did not appear and no request for adjournment was made. The Court noted the lack of prosecution of the petition. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition for want of prosecution and vacated any interim order that may have been in force. The order was pronounced by Justice Alok Mathur on 31 July 2023.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition can be proceeded with in the absence of the petitioner's counsel and without any request for adjournment.
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- interim order vacated
- procedural default
Judgment
Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC-LKO:50309
Court No. - 17
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 3000056 of 2000
Petitioner :- Sheo Bux Singh
Respondent :- State Of U.P. Secretary Revenue
Counsel for Petitioner :- T.N.Singh,Madan Gopal Tripathi
Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Neither counsel for the petitioner has put in appearance to
prosecute this petition nor any request has been made for
passing over/adjourning the case.
3. Thus, this petition, which pertains to the year 2000, is
dismissed for want of prosecution. Interim order, if any,
stands vacated.
[Alok Mathur, J.]
Order Date :- 31.7.2023
MVS/-
Digitally signed by :-
MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench
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