Haushila Prasad Upadhyay v. State of U.P. and 27 Others

Court No. - 51 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 34026 of 2023 Petitioner :- Haushila Prasad Upadhyay Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 27 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jai Narain Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- CSC Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J.

1.Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Shridhar Tripati, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

2.The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a mandamus directing respondent No.2/ Up Ziladhikari, Tehsil-Sadar, District-Jaunpur to decide the Appeal No.20 of 2022 (Ravidutt Vs. Akhilesh Chandra Yadav and others) within stipulated period.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the appeal at the instance of the petitioner under Section 210 of U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901 against the order passed in the mutation proceeding is pending since 14.10.2022. He further placed certified copy of the order sheet, which has been annexed as Annexure No.2 to the writ petition in order to demonstrate that the case is not proceeding expeditiously.

¶4Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the issue, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to respondent No.2/ Up Ziladhikari, Tehsil-Sadar, District-Jaunpur to consider and decide the aforementioned case in accordance with law expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties. Order Date :- 6.11.2023 PS* High Court of Judicature at Allahabad