Shekh Nasim and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 48 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 954 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shekh Nasim And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashutosh Srivastava,Arvind Singh,Maneesh Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Achal Singh,Ashok Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.

¶1Sri Ashutosh Srivastava, Sri Arvind Singh and Sri Maneesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners are not present.

¶2Sri Rakesh Singh, Advocate holding brief of Sri Achal Singh, learned counsel for the respondents has pointed out that prayers sought in this writ petition has already been addressed in Writ-B No.2412 of 2023 wherein this Court vide order dated 10.7.2023 has disposed of the said writ petition with certain directions. Said order is reproduced in its entirety: "1. Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for petitioners and Sri A.K.Rai, learned Additional Chief Sanding Counsel.

¶2The petitioners are residents of Village and Post-Sisotar, Tehsil-Sikandarpur, district-Ballia and are aggrieved that consolidation proceedings commenced in the year 1982 has not been completed till date as well as complaint made against respondent no.4 (Consolidation Lekhpal) before the higher authorities has not been taken note of till date.

¶3Learned Additional Chief Sanding Counsel has received oral instructions and submits that in all there are about 5000 chak holders and there are various appeals pending arising out of consolidation proceedings and there is a likelihood that to conclude the proceedings, the authorities will require 3 to 4 years.

¶4Learned counsel further submits that a decision has been taken in regard to complaint made against the respondent no.4 and a copy thereof will be provided to the petitioners within a period of four weeks from today.

¶5Learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submits that on the basis of above instructions, this writ petition may be disposed of.

¶6Considering the above submissions, this writ petition is disposed of with direction to the authority concerned that:

(i) A copy of inquiry report in regard to the allegations made against respondent no.4 be provided to the petitioners within four weeks, if there is no legal impediment.

(ii) The authorities shall take all endeavour to conclude the consolidation proceedings expeditiously, preferably within a period of four years, if there is no legal impediment."

¶3In the aforesaid circumstances, this writ petition does not require any consideration.

¶4This writ petition is disposed of in terms of the order passed in Writ-B No.2412 of 2023. Order Date :- 24.11.2023 SB High Court of Judicature at Allahabad