N H Advertising Agencies v. Principal Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), NC: 2025:KHC:23369, WP No. 40016 of 2015 (GM-RES), decided 01-07-2025 by Suraj Govindaraj J. Petitioner: N H Advertising Agencies (proprietor Hemanth B G, party-in-person, absent); Respondent: Principal Secretary, Public Works and Inland Water Transport Department (Mahatesh Shettar, Addl. Govt. Adv.). Subject: challenge to Order LOE 239 CRM 2015 dated 29.04.2015 (Annex-D). Result: dismissed for non-prosecution — notice returned “no such person”, no other address on record. Keywords: non-prosecution, Articles 226/227, writ petition dismissed, party-in-person, unserved notice.
What did the court decide?
Notice issued to the petitioner (Party-in-person) was returned with the endorsement “no such person”, i.e., it went unserved. ¶¶23