Smt. Kiran Devi v. State of U.P. and 6 Others

Court No. - 47 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 36123 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt. Kiran Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Punya Sheel Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Avinash Chandra Srivastava Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

¶2The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a mandamus directing respondent No.2 - Additional Commissioner (Judicial-1), Agra Division, Agra, to decide the Appeal No.01019 of 2018 being Computerized Case No.C20180100000019 (Ashok Kumar vs. Kiran Devi and others), under Section 116 of U.P. Revenue Code, within stipulated period.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that opposite party appeared in the proceedings and the aforesaid case is pending since 2019 before respondent No.2. He prayed that the same may be decided expeditiously.

¶4No useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending.

¶5Considering 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 - Additional Commissioner (Judicial-1), Agra Division, Agra, to consider and decide the aforesaid 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 there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 17.10.2023 Rishabh [Manish Kumar Nigam, J.] High Court of Judicature at Allahabad