Smt. Aashou and 28 Others v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38866 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt. Aashou And 28 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Manoj Kumar Gautam Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

¶1It is stated that claiming forest rights, petitioners have filed application under Section 11(1) of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Rules, 2007 before respondent no.4, which is pending and has not been decided so far.

¶2Sri Devesh Vikram, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for State-respondent nos.1 to 5 fairly submitted that in case such an application is pending and has not been decided so far, the same would be decided expeditiously.

¶3In view of above, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the issue and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this writ petition is disposed of finally with a direction to the competent authority to consider and decide petitioners' aforesaid application by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 12.12.2023 Manish Himwan High Court of Judicature at Allahabad