Noorjahan v. State of U.P. and 9 Others

Court No. - 51 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 37602 of 2023 Petitioner :- Noorjahan Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 9 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Kumar Rajput,Sandeep Kumar Jaiswal Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sudhir Bharti Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Sudhir Bharti, learned counsel for the respondent-gaon sabha and Sri Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, learned State Law Officer for the state-respondent.

¶2The instant writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus, commanding respondent no.2/Sub Divisional Officer, Gola, District Gorakhpur to decide Case No.5/2023 (Noorjahan vs. Ajaj Ali), under Section 134 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, within the stipulated time.

¶3Counsel for the petitioner states that the aforesaid proceeding under Section 134 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 is pending before respondent no.2 since 13.6.2023. He further placed the 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.

¶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 six 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 :- 8.11.2023 C.Prakash High Court of Judicature at Allahabad