Ashwani Kumar Khande v. the State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court (Bilaspur), WPS No. 3720 of 2021, decided 24.3.2026 by Rakesh Mohan Pandey, J.: writ petition by eight Nagar Palika Parishad Ratanpur employees against the State of Chhattisgarh and Municipal Council Ratanpur dismissed for want of prosecution due to non-appearance of petitioners' side in two rounds of hearing; no counsel for petitioners ('None, even in two rounds'); State represented by Ms. Soumya Sharma, P.L.; Respondent No. 2 by Ms. Madhunisha Singh; no issues framed, no merits decided, no statutory provisions or precedents cited; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
There being no representation on behalf of the petitioners even when the matter was taken up for hearing in the second round, the Court had no other option left but to dismiss the petition for want of prosecution. ¶26