Abuse of process in repeated writ filings barred maintainability where identical reliefs were already pending elsewhere.

Filing multiple writ petitions seeking identical reliefs before different High Courts, despite knowledge of earlier pending proceedings, was treated as an impermissible attempt to re-agitate the same cause. The Court found that repeating the same challenge after disclosing the earlier matters did not make the petition maintainable and amounted to an abuse of process. The writ petition was dismissed on that basis.

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Issues: Whether the writ petition was maintainable in view of the filing of earlier petitions with the same prayers before different High Courts and whether the present proceeding amounted to an abuse of process.

Analysis: The petitioners had instituted multiple proceedings raising identical reliefs, with full knowledge of the earlier pending matters. The repetition of the same challenge before different forums, despite disclosure of those facts in the petition, showed an attempt to secure relief by re-agitating the same cause. The Court treated this conduct as misconceived and impermissible.

Conclusion: The writ petition was not maintainable and was dismissed as an abuse of process.

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