Amrit Lal v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 47 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 40673 of 2023 Petitioner :- Amrit Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kuldeep Singh,Yadvendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C,Azad Rai Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J.

¶1Heard Sri Kuldeep Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Azad Rai, learned counsel for Gaon Sabha and Sri Anand Bahadur Srivastava, learned Standing Counsel for the State.

¶2Present petition has been filed for direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.2 to decide the Case No. T202302030308840 of 2023 (Amrit Lal Versus Jeet Lal and 2 others) under Section 116 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 pending before Sub Divisional Magistrate, Soraon, Prayagraj, within stipulated time.

¶3This Court in the case of Daya Shankar vs. State of U.P. and 4 others; 2023(6) ADJ 181, dated 19.05.2023, has already issued detailed directions for disposing of cases referable to the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006.

¶4In pursuance of the aforesaid judgement, the State Government has also issued Notification/ Government Order dated 6th September, 2023 directing all the revenue authorities/ revenue courts to decide the proceedings of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 in a time bond manner.

¶5In view of above, the present petition is disposed of in terms of Daya Shankar (supra) case as well as Government Order dated 6th September, 2023.

¶6It is made clear that if the respondent no.2 fails to decide the proceeding mentioned in the present petition as per the directions of Daya Shankar (supra) case, then the petitioner is at liberty to file contempt petition against concerned officer. Order Date :- 28.11.2023 Nitika Sri. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad