Devta and Another v. State of U.P. and 8 Others

Court No. - 52 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38476 of 2023 Petitioner :- Devta And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 8 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Richesh Mishra,Raja Sahani Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sudhir Bharti Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.

¶1Heard Sri Richesh Mishra, learned counsel for petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents no.1 and 2 as well as Sri Sudhir Bharti, learned counsel for the respondent no.9.

¶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 Case No.185 of 2012, Computerized Case No.D201205200231 (Abhay Prakash and others Vs. Devta and others), under Section 229(B) of U.P. Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950, expeditiously.

¶3Learned counsel for petitioner submits that grievance of petitioner would sufficiently be met in case, the aforesaid matter is considered and decided in a time bound manner.

¶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 the Case No.185 of 2012, Computerized Case No.D201205200231 (Abhay Prakash and others Vs. Devta and others), under Section 229(B) of U.P. Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him after affording proper opportunity of hearing to all the concerned parties.

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