Brijesh Kumar v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 39427 of 2023 Petitioner :- Brijesh Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Manish Kumar Pandey,Mainuddin Ahamad Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. Heard Mr. Manish Kumar Pandey learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent. Learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his relief, giving up all the other reliefs that a direction may be issued to respondent no.2 to decide the stay application filed by the petitioner in Revision No. C2023000000981 of 2023 (Brijesh Kumar Vs. District Magistrate) u/s 56 Stamp Act, Mauza-Harpur, Pargana and Tehsil-Mohammdabad, District-Mau within stipulated period of time and further be pleased to stay the effect and operation of the order dated 30.06.2023 passed by District Collector, Mau. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has filed a stay application before respondent no.2-Commissioner, Azamgarh Division, Azamgarh which is still pending, therefore, a direction may be issued to respondent no.2 to decide the same, as expeditiously as possible. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the same. No useful purpose would be served by keeping this petition pending in view of the order, which the Court proposes to pass hereunder. Considering the facts and circumstance of the case and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this writ petition is finally disposed off with a direction to the respondent no.2-Commissioner, Azamgarh Division, Azamgarh to decide the stay application of the petitioner, and pass an appropriate order, by means of a reasoned and speaking order, in accordance with law, after giving opportunities of hearing to the parties concerned, as expeditiously as possible, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, preferably within a period of one month, from the date of production of certified copy of this order, if there is no legal impediment. Order Date :- 16.11.2023 Kalp Nath Singh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad