Jwala Prasad Patel v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPS No. 8980 of 2023; decided 07.01.2026 by Amitendra Kishore Prasad, J.; writ petition against forest guard's suspension order; suspension withdrawn by competent authority per State counsel's telephonic-instruction statement; petitioner's counsel repeatedly absent (five consecutive dates); petition disposed as infructuous; no costs; no substantive adjudication of suspension; non-prosecution; State of Chhattisgarh Forest Department respondents.
What did the court decide?
In view of the State counsel's statement that the suspension order under challenge had already been revoked, and the petitioner's consistent non-appearance, the Court held that no further adjudication survived in the matter. ¶¶22