Baldeo and Ors. v. D.D.C. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for want of prosecution of an unprosecuted 1988 writ petition — WRIT - B No. 910 of 1988, Baldeo & Ors. v. D.D.C. & Ors., High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Alok Mathur, J., 26-08-2025. Grounds: no appearance by or on behalf of petitioners when the case was called out; only respondent-side counsel (Sri V. B. Verma) present; petitioners deemed uninterested in pursuing the stale 1988 matter. No statutory provisions, precedents, issues, or merits adjudication; relevant only to practice and procedure concerning old writ petitions abandoned by petitioners.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution, none having appeared to press it on behalf of the petitioners, whose apparent lack of interest in the 1988 matter was noted. ¶10