Ram Chandra Gupta v. Senior Regional Manager Panjab National Bank Regional Office
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, Court No. 28; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:37902; WRIT - A No. - 5425 of 2004; petitioner Ram Chandra Gupta; respondent Senior Regional Manager Panjab National Bank Regional Office (bank name as printed); counsel: R.P.Singh (petitioner), D.P.S.Chauhan, Dr.Sheelendra Kumar, Sharad Bhatnagar (respondent); learned Standing Counsel noted present (¶6) but unnamed. Single-judge order dated 4.7.2025 by Brij Raj Singh, J.: writ petition dismissed as having become infructuous by efflux of time owing to petitioner's non-appearance and lost interest; interim order, if any, vacated; no merits adjudication; no statute or precedent cited. Keywords: infructuous writ petition, efflux of time, stale/unprosecuted 2004 petition, dismissal for non-pursuance.
What did the court decide?
By efflux of time, and because the petitioner has lost interest and did not appear to press it, the writ petition has become infructuous.