Bachchi Lal v. State of U.P. and 17 Others

Court No. - 51 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 41053 of 2023 Petitioner :- Bachchi Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 17 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sudhir Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J.

¶1Heard Sri Sudhir Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Azad Rai, learned counsel for the respondent no.3-Gaon Sabha and Sri G.K. Saxena, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondent.

¶2The instant writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus, commanding respondent no.2 to decide Appeal No. 00129 of 2019 (Computerize Appeal No. C 201902000000129 (Ramesh Kumar Versus Bachchi Lal and another), under Section 219 of Uttar Pradesh Revenue Act 2006, within the stipulated time.

¶3Counsel for the petitioner submits that aforesaid appeal filed at the instance of contesting respondent is pending before the respondent no.2 since 2019. He further submits that petitioner is opposite party in the aforementioned pending appeal. He also submitted that copy of the order sheet has been annexed as Annexure No.4 to the writ petition, in order to demonstrate that the case is not proceeding expeditiously.

¶4In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent no.2 to decide the aforesaid proceedings to its logical conclusion, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months, from the date of production of a certified copy of this order before the authority concerned, after affording proper opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, in accordance with law. Order Date :- 12.12.2023 T.S. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad