High Court of Gujarat

SHARDA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (B. ED. )versusHEMCHANDRACHARYA NORTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY

Disposal: 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: MAULIK SHELAT

Holding

The petition is disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

Petitioner Sharda College of Education filed a special civil application but later instructed its counsel, Mr. Dipan Desai, not to press the writ petition. The petitioner submitted a written communication dated 23.04.2026 requesting the court to record the withdrawal. The court granted permission for the withdrawal, expressly stating it had not examined the merits of the case. Consequently, the petition was disposed of as withdrawn, the notice discharged, and any interim relief vacated. The connected civil application for joining a party was also disposed in the same manner.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may withdraw the special civil application and have the petition disposed without merits being examined

Subjects

withdrawal of petitionspecial civil applicationprocedural orderHigh Court of Gujaratdisposal without merits

Judgment

     C/SCA/13615/2024                           ORDER DATED: 01/05/2026




            IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

             R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 13615 of 2024

                                With
        CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR JOINING PARTY) NO. 1 of 2024
          In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 13615 of 2024
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           SHARDA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (B. ED. )
                         Versus
     HEMCHANDRACHARYA NORTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR DIPAN DESAI(2481) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
MS NALANDA D ACHARYA, ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT PLEADER for the
Respondent(s) No. 3
MR ANUJ K TRIVEDI(6251) for the Respondent(s) No. 1
MS HETAL G PATEL(11032) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
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 CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT

                            Date : 01/05/2026

                             ORAL ORDER


1.     At the outset, Mr. Dipan Desai, learned advocate for
the petitioner, under the written instructions of his client,
does not press the present writ petition. Mr. Desai,
learned advocate would request this Court to take on
record the written communication dated 23.04.2026
issued by the petitioner to the advocate, which is taken
on record.


2.     The permission as sought for is hereby granted.


3.     It is made clear that this Court has neither gone into
nor examined the merits of the matter.




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           C/SCA/13615/2024                                                    ORDER DATED: 01/05/2026




    4.       In view of the aforesaid, the present petition stands
    disposed of as withdrawn. Notice is discharged. No order
    as to costs. Interim relief, if any, stands vacated
    forthwith.


    5.       Consequently, the connected Civil Application is also
    disposed of accordingly.


                                                                                (MAULIK J.SHELAT,J)
    SHAHANAZ

Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: SYED SHAHANAZ(HC02353), ENGLISH STENO GRADE-II\, at High Court of Gujarat on 01/05/2026 16:24:13




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