High Court of Gujarat

CHIRAGKUMAR MOHANBHAI TANKversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: N S SANJAY GOWDAL ODEDRA

Holding

The appeal is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

Chiragkumar Mohanbhai Tank filed a Letters Patent Appeal (No. 388 of 2026) seeking to withdraw the appeal because the main writ petition was scheduled for final disposal on 23 June 2026. The appellant's counsel requested permission to withdraw, and the court entertained the request. The High Court dismissed the appeal as withdrawn, expressly noting that it had not examined the merits of the case. The court also directed that the pending writ petition be listed for final disposal on the scheduled date. No substantive opinion on the underlying dispute was expressed.

Issues considered

Whether the appellant may be permitted to withdraw the Letters Patent Appeal pending before the High Court

Subjects

Letters Patent Appealwithdrawal of appealprocedural orderHigh Court of Gujaratrecruitmentwrit petition

Judgment

     C/LPA/388/2026                                              ORDER DATED: 07/05/2026




           IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

               R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 388 of 2026
                                   In
                 R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/2826/2026
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                        CHIRAGKUMAR MOHANBHAI TANK
                                    Versus
                           STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR MAHARSHKUMAR H UPADHYAY(11697) for the Appellant(s) No. 1
MR VENU GOPAL, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
MR KAMAL B TRIVEDI, ADVOCATE GENERAL with MR HAMESH C
NAIDU(5335) for the Respondent(s) No. 2,3
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 CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA
       and
       HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA

                                    Date : 07/05/2026

                       ORAL ORDER
 (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA)



1.    Learned counsel for the appellant seeks permission
to withdraw this appeal since the main writ petition itself
is scheduled to be listed for final disposal on 23.6.2026.


2.    In    view        of     the    above,          the    present          appeal         is
DISMISSED as WITHDRAWN.

3.    We also request the learned Single Judge, having
regard      to        the    fact     that     the     matter           relates        to    a
recruitment,            that     the      matter            be       taken        up        for
consideration and disposed of on 23.6.2026.




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         C/LPA/388/2026                                                            ORDER DATED: 07/05/2026




4.         Needless to state that this Court has not gone into
the merits of the case and no opinion is expressed
thereon.


                                                                                  (N.S.SANJAY GOWDA,J)



                                                                                             (J. L. ODEDRA, J)
OMKAR

Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judges.
Digitally signed by: OMKAR CHHAGANLAL MAHAWAR(HC00201), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 07/05/2026 15:02:51




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