In Brief
The appellant sought to challenge the dismissal of a second writ petition filed in the High Court against the same Notification, arguing the first petition's dismissal was in limine. The Supreme Court held that the first writ petition was dismissed on merits after fifteen years of hearing, with reasoned judgment addressing the Section 17(1) issue. The Court ruled that successive writ petitions on the same subject matter are not maintainable, and the new ground of lapse of proceedings cannot be raised in a subsequent petition. The appeal was dismissed as the High Court rightly rejected the second writ petition as misconceived and ill-advised.
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