Krishna Pandya and Another v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38541 of 2023 Petitioner :- Krishna Pandya And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Yanendra Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Akhilesh Kumar Singh Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

¶1Heard Sri Yanendra Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Ambrish Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondent nos.1 and 3 and Sri Akhilesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for respondent nos.2 and 4 and perused the record.

¶2The present writ petition has been preferred praying for a direction upon respondent no.3 to grant freehold rights pursuant to land in question by taking appropriate action upon the application no.720 dated 29.1.1999 applied for the freehold in accordance with Government Order No.2268/9-AA-4-98-704 N/97 dated 1.12.1998 along with deposit of 25% amount through treasury challans and also to direct respondent no.3 to take appropriate action upon petitioners' representation dated 21.5.2023.

¶3Sri Ambrish Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondent nos.1 and 3 submits that vide Government Order dated 27.7.2020, the State Government has taken a decision for not carrying out any freehold deed and the previous orders issued in respect of management and disposal of nazul land shall remain suspended until further orders. He submits that the petitioner may press the reliefs at appropriate stage.

¶4However, learned counsel for the petitioners has placed reliance on order dated 28.6.2023 passed by this Court in Writ-C No.- 20539 of 2023 (Sudhir Raghuveer and another vs. State of U.P. and others). He prays that the present writ petition may be disposed of in terms of order passed in Writ-C No.20539 of 2023, which was also followed while considering the matter in Writ C No.33653/2023 (Sanjiv Verma and others vs. State of U.P. and others), dated 03.10.2023.

¶5Considering the facts and circumstances, we are not inclined to proceed further in the matter.

¶6The writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to move an application for freehold at an appropriate stage. Order Date :- 7.11.2023 A. Pandey High Court of Judicature at Allahabad