Dwarika Sahai v. Deputy Director of Consolidation and Others
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J.) – WRIT
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal of writ petition for want of prosecution; petitioner absent even in revised call; no adjournment requested; old matter pertaining to year 1982; respondents include Deputy Director of Consolidation; counsel: U.K.Srivastava for petitioner; I.M.Quddusi, Rakesh Kumar Singh, Devi Prasad Singh (Standing Counsel) for respondents; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; single judge; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:10177; order date 17.2.2025.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner neither appeared to press the writ petition even in the revised call nor sought any adjournment, and by efflux of time had lost interest in pursuing the 1982 matter. ¶¶10