Sudeep Kumar Asthana and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and 5 Others

Court No. - 47 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 36047 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sudeep Kumar Asthana And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vijay Singh Chauhan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Bhupendra Kumar Tripathi Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the State and perused the record.

¶2The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a mandamus directing respondent No.2 to decide the case no. 148/329 of 2009 (Ved Prakash and others vs. Vanshraj and others) under Section 229 B of U.P. Z.A. Act within stipulated period.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that opposite party appeared before the court below. He prayed that the same may be decided, expeditiously.

¶4From perusal of the order sheet, annexed as Annexure No. 3 to the writ petition, it appears that several dates have been fixed by the Court concerned, however, till date, the aforesaid case has not been decided.

¶5No useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending.

¶6Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to respondent No. 2, Assistant Collector-Ist Class/ Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sadar, District Jaunpur to consider and decide the aforementioned case, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties provided that there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 17.10.2023 Vipasha (Manish Kumar Nigam, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad