Kedar Nath and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and 5 Others

Court No. - 48 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 3550 of 2023 Petitioner :- Kedar Nath And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sanjay Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.

¶1Grievance of petitioner is that his Appeal No.1614 of 2022-23 (Kedar Nath and others Vs. State of U.P. through Collector Jaunpur and others) under Section 11 (1) of U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 is pending before Settlement Officer Consolidation Sadar, District-Jaunpur and the same has not been decided till date.

¶2I have perused the order sheet annexed along with this writ petition. On various dates the Advocates have not appeared on the ground of their call for abstention from judicial work. Therefore, the Authority concerned cannot put on fault.

¶3At this stage, learned counsel for petitioner on instruction submits that petitioner undertakes that on next as well as on subsequent dates either petitioner himself or his Advocate shall appear and will not take any adjournment.

¶4Taking note of undertaking given by learned counsel for petitioner, this writ petition is disposed of that concerned Authority shall take endeavour to decide the above appeal expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from today, if there is no legal impediment. In case of default, concerned Authority has liberty to take adverse view. Order Date :- 16.10.2023 P. Pandey High Court of Judicature at Allahabad