Rama Shankar Pandey @ Tulsi Pandey v. The East Central Railway
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: dismissal for default; dismissal for non-prosecution; no representation by counsel; last indulgence; writ petition; East Central Railway; railway service matter; Patna High Court; Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4207 of 2020; decided 21-02-2025. Of procedural interest only — illustrates dismissal for want of prosecution following repeated non-appearance of the petitioner; contains no holdings on law or on the merits of the dispute and is generally unsuitable for citation on any substantive proposition.
What did the court decide?
Owing to the petitioner's continued absence of representation despite a last indulgence, the Writ petition is dismissed for default and for non-prosecution; the underlying dispute was not adjudicated on merits. ¶12