High Court of Gujarat

PANKAJKUMAR AMRATBHAI PANDYAversusDISTRICT COLLECTOR, BANASKANTHA

Disposal: 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: HEMANT M PRACHCHHAK

Holding

The court granted permission to withdraw the petition, disposing of it without addressing the merits and vacating any interim relief.

Summary

Petitioner Pankajkumar Amratbhai Pandya filed a Special Civil Application before the Gujarat High Court seeking permission to withdraw the petition. The petitioner, through counsel Mahendra U. Vora, requested the court to allow the withdrawal. The court considered whether it could grant such permission and whether any interim relief previously granted should be vacated. The court granted the petitioner's request, ordering the petition to be disposed of as withdrawn without examining the merits. Consequently, any interim relief previously granted was vacated.

Issues considered

Whether the court may grant permission to withdraw a pending petition
Effect of withdrawal on any interim relief previously granted

Subjects

withdrawal of petitionspecial civil applicationinterim relief vacatedcourt permission

Judgment

          C/SCA/2253/2025                                                   ORDER DATED: 24/04/2026




                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

                   R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2253 of 2025

   ==========================================================
                         PANKAJKUMAR AMRATBHAI PANDYA
                                      Versus
                     DISTRICT COLLECTOR, BANASKANTHA & ANR.
   ==========================================================
   Appearance:
   MR MAHENDRA U VORA(3034) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
   VAIBHAV SHARMA AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2
   ==========================================================

     CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M.
           PRACHCHHAK

                                            Date : 24/04/2026

                                                   ORDER


            Mr. J A Jumbukiye, learned counsel appearing on behalf of
   Mr. Mahendra Vora, learned counsel for the petitioner under
   instruction seeks permission to withdraw the present petition.


            Permission as sought for is granted. The petition stands
   disposed of as withdrawn. It is made clear that this Court has not
   gone into the merits of the case. Notice is discharged. Interim
   relief, if any, granted earlier is vacated forthwith.

                                                                 (HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK,J)
   ANUSRI


Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: ANUSRI VASU(HC02352), ENGLISH STENO GRADE-II\, at High Court of Gujarat on 24/04/2026 17:47:48




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