Ajay Kumar v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 51 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2191 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ajay Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amar Jeet Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Srivastava Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J.

¶1Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to implead Tahsildar (Judicial), Tahsil-Meerut, District-Meerut as respondent no.5 in the array of the parties to the writ petition during course of the day.

¶2Heard Mr. Amar Jeet Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. R.C. Srivastava, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and Mr. Pankaj Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent no.4/ Meerut, Municipal Corporation.

¶3On 29.11.2023 following order was passed by this Court: "1. In compliance of the earlier order of this Court dated 22.9.2023, instruction is placed before the Court by Mr. Abhishek Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents, which is taken on record.

¶2Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the petitioner is taken on record.

¶3Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Abhishek Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and Mr. Pankaj Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent-Municipal Corporation.

¶4Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel on the basis of instruction submitted that the proceedings under Section 67 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 have been registered against the persons who are in possession over the plot.

¶5Mr. Pankaj Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent-Municipal Corporation also submitted that ten cases have been registered under Section 67 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 and the proceedings are going on before Tahsildar concerned.

¶6Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for and is granted ten days time to obtain instruction regarding the facts mentioned in the instruction.

¶7Put up this case as fresh on 12.12.2023.

¶8Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel is directed to serve the copy of the instruction upon learned counsel for the petitioner during course of the day."

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the appropriate direction be issued for the disposal of the cases which have been registered under Section 67 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006.

¶5Considering the entire facts and circumstances, the instant public interest litigation is finally disposed of directing respondent no.5 i.e. Tahsildar (Judicial), Tahsil-Meerut, District-Meerut to decide the ten cases registered under Section 67 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 bearing Case Nos.9158 of 2023 (T202311520109158), 9159 of 2023 (T202311520109159), 9160 of 2023 (T202311520109160), 9161 of 2023 (T202311520109161), 9162 of 2023 (T202311520109162), 9163 of 2023 (T202311520109163), 9164 of 2023 (T202311520109164), 9165 of 2023 (T202311520109165), 9166 of 2023 (T202311520109166) and 9167 of 2023 (T202311520109167), according to the provisions prescribed under U.P. Revenue Code and the Rules framed thereunder. Order Date :- 12.12.2023 Rameez High Court of Judicature at Allahabad