Public interest litigation filed by petitioners against the State of Andhra Pradesh was dismissed for non-prosecution as petitioner's counsel failed to file reply affidavit or appear in court.
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HON’BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE DILIP B. BHOSALE AND
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO
PIL No. 303 OF 2015
29-02-2016
Between:
Gandham Jaya Andhara Rastra Udaya Rao @ Gandham Jaya and another
… Petitioners
And
The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others
… Respondents
HON’BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE DILIP B. BHOSALE AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO
PIL No. 303 OF 2015
PC: (per the Hon’ble the Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale)
In this public interest litigation (PIL), on 23-11-2015, notice was issued to the respondents. Thereafter, it was placed before the Court on 18-01-2016 when none appeared for the petitioners. In order to give one more opportunity to appear and argue the petition, we adjourned the matter to 01-02-2016. On 01-02-2016, Sri K.S.V. Subrahmanyeswara Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners had prayed for time to file reply affidavit. Till today, he has not filed reply affidavit nor is he present in the Court today. Sri Ch. Madhava Raman, learned counsel holding for Sri Subrahmanyeswara Rao once again seeks adjournment. When we refused adjournment, he expressed his inability to go on with the matter.
In the circumstances, we are constrained to dismiss the PIL for non-prosecution. Order accordingly.
Miscellaneous petitions, if any, also stand disposed of.
_________________________ DILIP B. BHOSALE, ACJ
________________________ P. NAVEEN RAO, J
29-02-2016 ks
Gandham Jaya Andhara Rastra Udaya Rao @ Gandham Jaya and another
The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others
DILIP B. BHOSALE
P. NAVEEN RAO
As recorded by the court registry
Litigation brought on behalf of the public interest rather than a personal grievance, relaxing the usual rule of locus standi.
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