Ramanand and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 52 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 12301 of 2022 Petitioner :- Ramanand And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sharad Kumar Srivastava,Gulab Singh Patel Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.

¶1Heard Sri Viveka Nand Rai, learned counsel for petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

¶2Present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No.3. i.e. Sub Divisional Magistrate, Basgaon, District Gorakhpour to decide Application dated 11.03.2022 expeditiously.

¶3Learned counsel for petitioners submits that grievance of petitioners would sufficiently be met in case, the aforesaid application is considered and decided in a time bound manner by respondent no. 3.

¶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.3 to consider the grievance of the petitioners.

¶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.3 is hereby directed to consider and decide Application dated 11.03.2022, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three 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 :- 9.11.2023 Md Faisal High Court of Judicature at Allahabad