Ajay Kumar Pandey v. Smt. Noorjahan (Dead) and 9 Others

Court No. - 44 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 12654 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ajay Kumar Pandey Respondent :- Smt. Noorjahan (Dead) And 9 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Punit Kumar Upadhyay Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J.

¶1Heard Shri Punit Kumar Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner.

¶2Considering the nature of the order proposed to be passed notice upon the private respondents is hereby dispensed with.

¶3Present petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, has been filed seeking direction to the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Court No. 4, Gorakhpur, to decide the Execution Case No. 17 of 2017 (Vimla Devi vs. Smt. Munni Devi and others), within the stipulated period fixed by this Court.

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Execution Case is pending considering since 2017 and the purpose of filing present petition shall stands served if the appropriate directions are issued to Court below to conclude and decide the Execution Case, within the time frame fixed by this Court.

¶5Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and having perused the record, this Court is of the opinion that the proceedings of execution case is liable to be expedited in view of the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Rahul S. Shah Vs. Jitendra Kumar Gandhi and others, (2021) 6 SCC 418, wherein the Apex Court has clearly laid down that execution proceedings should be brought to its logical end within 6 months from the date filing which may be extended only by recording reasons in writing for such delay.

¶6In such view of the matter, this petition is disposed off requiring Civil Judge (Junior Division), Court No. 4, Gorakhpur, seized with Execution Case No. 17 of 2017 (Vimla Devi vs. Smt. Munni Devi and others), to conclude and decide the case expeditiously preferably within a period of six months, from the date of production of certified copy of order of this Court, strictly in accordance with law, without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties. Order Date :- 11.12.2023 Deepak/ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad