Murti Devi @ Murta Devi v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 52 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38309 of 2023 Petitioner :- Murti Devi @ Murta Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Virendra Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.

¶1Heard Sri Virendra Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

¶2Present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus to be issued in favour of the respondent no.2 to decide restoration application dated 03.09.2022 being RST 856/2022 in Case No. T202114360102228 of 2021 (Murti Devi Versus Bharat), under Section 35 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 expeditiously.

¶3Learned counsel for petitioner submits that grievance of petitioner would sufficiently be met in case, the aforesaid restoration application dated

03.09.2022 is considered and decided in a time bound manner by respondent no. 2.

¶4Learned Standing Counsel submits that no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending and an appropriate direction may be issued to respondent no.2 to consider the grievance of the petitioner.

¶5Be that as it may, without entering into the merits of the case as well as if there is no other legal impediment available, the respondent no.2 is hereby directed to consider and decide restoration application dated 03.09.2022 being RST 856/2022 in Case No. T202114360102228 of 2021 (Murti Devi Versus Bharat), under Section 35 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order, after affording proper opportunity of hearing to all the parties.

¶6With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 7.11.2023 Shaswat High Court of Judicature at Allahabad