Smt. Bindu v. South Eastern Coalfields Limited (S.E.C.L)
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal of writ petition for want of prosecution; counsel pleaded no instructions (no contact with petitioner); petitioner unrepresented on earlier hearing date also; WPS No. 9248 of 2023; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad; order dated 17/03/2026; petitioner Smt. Bindu; respondent South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Bhatgaon Area officials, State of Chhattisgarh (Rehabilitation Department), Collectors of Surajpur and Sarguja; advocates: Gyan Prakash Shukla (petitioner), Sudhir Kumar Bajpayee (SECL), Sangharsh Pandey, Government Advocate (State); NAFR; doc ID 2026:CGHC:12796; no ratio on merits.
What did the court decide?
As counsel for the petitioner pleaded no instructions (having no contact with the petitioner) and none appeared for the petitioner on the earlier date of hearing either, the petition is dismissed for want of prosecution. No merits of the case were addressed.