Sayyed Sallauddin Ahmad v. State of U.P. and 8 Others

Court No. - 51 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1774 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sayyed Sallauddin Ahmad Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 8 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Chandrakant Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Rameshwar Prasad Shukla Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J.

¶1Heard Sri Chandrakant Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ravi Singh Parihar, learned standing counsel for the state-respondents and Sri Rameshwar Prasad Shukla, learned counsel for respondent no.5/Land Management Committee.

¶2The instant writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus, commanding respondent no.4/Tehsildar, Tehsil Maunath Bhanjan, District Mau to decide the Case Nos.3500/2023 (Computerized Case No.T202315510103500), Case Nos.3501/2023 (Computerized Case No.T202315510103501), Case Nos.3502/2023 (Computerized Case No.T202315510103502), Case Nos.3503/2023 (Computerized Case No.T202315510103503), under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, within the stipulated time.

¶3In view of the report of the Stamp Reporter dated 5.10.2023, learned counsel for the petitioner has made the deficiency of court fee good.

¶4Counsel for the petitioner states that the aforesaid cases under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 are pending against respondent nos. 6 to 9 in respect to the gram sabha's land.

¶5In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent no.4 to decide the aforesaid proceedings to its logical conclusion, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 4 months, from the date of production of a certified copy of this order before the authority concerned, after affording proper opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, in accordance with law. Order Date :- 16.10.2023 C.Prakash High Court of Judicature at Allahabad