Dr. Smt. Uma Ram v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for want of prosecution; death of petitioner's counsel; SPC returned unserved; addressee not residing at address in petition; petitioner sold house and shifted to Bengluru without forwarding address; SPC sent through office of District and Sessions Judge Raipur; earlier order dated 07.07.2025; final order dated 12.08.2025; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; Single Bench, Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari; WPS No. 2344 of 2016; petitioner Dr. Smt. Uma Ram; respondents State of Chhattisgarh, Principal Govt. Kakatiya P.G. College Jagdalpur, Divisional Joint Director Treasury Accounts and Pension Bastar Division; State counsel Surendra Dewangan (Panel Lawyer); no counsel for petitioner ('For Petitioner : None.'); purely procedural disposal, no merits decided.
What did the court decide?
The Court held that, in the circumstances (death of the petitioner's counsel and the SPC returned unserved with the petitioner not residing at the address mentioned in the petition), it was left with no option except to dismiss the case for want of prosecution, and accordingly dismissed the petition.