Foolmati v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 52 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38863 of 2023 Petitioner :- Foolmati Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Abhishe Pandey,Irshad Ali Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Kumar Gupta Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.

¶1Heard Sri Abhishek Pandey, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents no.1 and 2 as well as Sri Pankaj Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for the respondent no.3.

¶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 08.01.2021 preferred in Case No.T202017630404217 (Foolmati Vs. Dhanpati), under Section 116 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, 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 restoration application dated 08.01.2021 preferred in Case No.T202017630404217 (Foolmati Vs. Dhanpati), under Section 116 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six 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 :- 8.11.2023/Vivek Kr. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad