Daulat Ram Dewangan v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissed-as-infructuous writ petition (WPS No. 4430 of 2021, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 23/03/2026 by Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey; 2026:CGHC:13699; marked NAFR). Petitioner Daulat Ram Dewangan versus State of Chhattisgarh, the Joint Director and Secretary (Public/School Education Departments) and the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam), concerning a selection governed by advertisement (Annexure P/2) and a selection list dated 04.01.2020 (Annexure P/3), and challenging an undated selection list/document-verification call (Annexure P/1). Counsel for the petitioner himself sought dismissal on the ground of infructuousness by efflux of time; the Court dismissed the petition with no objection from the respondents. No merits adjudication; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
The Court recorded the statement of learned counsel for the petitioner that by efflux of time the petition had become infructuous and, with no objection from the other side, dismissed the petition as infructuous.