Bank of Maharashtra, Hyd. v. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corp. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Telangana High Court (Hyderabad), WP 26772/2009, Bank of Maharashtra v. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation & M/s. USM Business Systems Pvt. Ltd., order dated 08-01-2026, per Justice P. Sam Koshy with Justice Suddala Chalapathi Rao. Keywords: dismissal for want of prosecution; non-prosecution; Article 226; writ of Mandamus; GHMC advertisement Demand No. 403 notice dt. 24-03-2009; Section 151 CPC stay application (I.A. No. 1 of 2009 / WPMP No. 34872 of 2009); petitioner absent at hearings; caption 'for dismissal'; dismissed without costs. No merits findings on the challenged demand notice; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
As none appeared for the petitioner when the matter was taken up, nor on the last occasion, the Bench was left with no other option but to dismiss the writ petition for want of prosecution. ¶39