Vipin Kumar Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh and 3 Others

Court No. - 51 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2531 of 2023 Petitioner :- Vipin Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of Uttar Pradesh And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Deep Narayan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Rameshwar Prasad Shukla Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J.

¶1Heard Sri Ratnesh Pratap Singh, holding the brief of Sri Deep Narayan, for the petitioner, Sri R.P. Shukla, learned counsel for the respondent-gaon sabha and the learned standing counsel for the respondent-state.

¶2The instant writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus, commanding respondent no.2/Tehsildar (Judicial), Tehsil Ghoshi, District Mau to decide Case No.1984/2022, under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, within the stipulated time.

¶3Counsel for the petitioner states that the aforesaid proceedings under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 is pending before respondent no.2 since 9.6.2022. Copy of the order sheet has been annexed as Annexure No.3 to the writ petition, in order to demonstrate that the case is not proceeding expeditiously.

¶4In 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.2 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 :- 1.11.2023 C.Prakash High Court of Judicature at Allahabad