Sangam Lal Singh v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 47 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 31274 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sangam Lal Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajendra Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- Azad Rai,Azad Rai Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J.

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

¶2The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a mandamus directing respondent to decide the demarcation application of the petitioner dated 04.08.2023 in pursuance of order dated 20.06.2023 passed by Collector regarding Gata No. 87/0.588 hectare, within stipulated period.

¶3Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that by order dated 20.6.2023, Collector Kaushambi has directed for correction in the revenue map in proceedings u/s 30(2) of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006. After the correction of map, petitioner moved an application for demarcation of shares and therefore, the said application is pending before respondent No.3 for adjudication, however, the same has not been decided till date. He prayed that the application for demarcation, moved by the petitioner, may be decided, expeditiously.

¶4No 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. 3 Sub Divisional Officer Tehsil Manjhanpur, District Kaushambi to consider and decide the aforementioned application, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three 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 :- 31.10.2023 Ved Prakash (Manish Kumar Nigam, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad