Jagdish Prasad Choudhari v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Procedural dismissal: three connected 2019 writ petitions (WPS Nos. 2241, 6143 and 6147 of 2019) by serving Sub Engineers of the Chhattisgarh Public Works Department against the State of Chhattisgarh, P.W.D. officers, the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission and fellow Sub Engineers were dismissed for want of prosecution on 22/01/2026 by Bibhu Datta Guru, J., after none appeared for the petitioners on repeated calls. Counsel recorded: Anand Gupta (Dy. Govt. Advocate) for the State respondents; Anand Mohan Tiwari and Rakesh Dubey for the respective respondents; none for the petitioners. The order contains no merits ruling, no statutory or precedent citations, and does not state the subject matter of the petitions; of limited value except on non-prosecution practice.
What did the court decide?
None appeared nor was any representation made on behalf of the petitioners to press the petitions despite repeated calls.