Allahabad High Court
YOGESH KUMAR SHARMA AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 7 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The Court held that a petition may be withdrawn at the petitioner's request and therefore dismissed the petition as withdrawn.
Summary
Petitioners Yogesh Kumar Sharma and another filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the proceedings, the petitioners, through counsel Ashish Srivastava, expressed a desire to withdraw the petition while retaining the right to pursue any other legal remedies. The Court considered the request and found no impediment to allowing the withdrawal at that stage. Accordingly, the Court dismissed the petition as withdrawn, granting the petitioners liberty to seek alternative remedies. The order was recorded in the presence of counsel for the respondents.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition may be withdrawn by the petitioner at the stage of proceedings and the consequences thereof
Subjects
- withdrawal of petition
- writ petition
- high court
- civil procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 8088 of 2026
Yogesh Kumar Sharma And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 7 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashish Srivastava
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Arpan Kumar Pandey, C.S.C.
Court No. - 2
HON'BLE ATUL SREEDHARAN, J.
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.
1. Learned counsel for the petitioner wants to withdraw this petition with
liberty to pursue such other remedies available to him under the law.
2. Under the circumstances, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn with
liberty to pursue such other alternative remedy available under the law.
3. This order is passed in the presence of Sri Namit Srivastava, holding the
brief for Sri Arpan Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the respondents.
(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Atul Sreedharan,J.)
March 19, 2026
piyush
Digitally signed by :-
PIYUSH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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