Girdhari Bag v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Non-merit dismissal order dated 02.02.2026 by Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. (single bench) of the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur in Writ Petition (S) No. 9071 of 2019, filed by Girdhari Bag, a Safai Karmachari/Sweeper posted at Primary Health Centre, Siliyari, under Community Health Centre Dharsinwa, District Raipur, against the State of Chhattisgarh (Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department), Director Health Services, Chief Medical and Health Officer, Raipur, and Collector, Raipur. Petitioner's counsel (Mr. Ravindra Sharma, Advocate) reported having no instructions from the petitioner; the State was represented by Mr. H.A.P.S. Bhatia, P.L. The petition was dismissed for want of prosecution. Useful for: dismissal for want of prosecution, no instructions from client, writ petition disposed without merits adjudication.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition stands dismissed for want of prosecution, as learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that he had no instructions from the petitioner.