Ram Saran v. Board of Revenue, Lko. Thru. Chairman and 7 Others

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5296 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ram Saran Respondent :- Board Of Revenue, Lko. Thru. Chairman And 7 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dinesh Kumar,Maya Ram Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Dilip Kumar Pandey Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned State counsel appearing for the respondent Nos. 1 & 2 and Sri Anshuman Pandey, Advocate holding brief of Sri Dilip Kumar Pandey, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No. 7/Land Management Committee concerned. In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private-respondents is hereby dispensed with. By means of this petition, the petitioner seeks expeditious disposal of Case No. REV/240/2020, Computerized Case No. R2020104600240 (Ram Saran and others vs. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow), filed under Section 333 of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (in short "Act of 1950"), which is pending before the respondent No. 1/Board of Revenue, Lucknow. Considering the fact that the case, in issue, preferred under Section 333 of the Act of 1950 challenging the order dated 30.12.2019 passed by the respondent No. 2/Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow in Case No. T201810860301607 (Ram Kumar vs. Ramu), which was preferred under Section 176 of the Act of 1950, is pending before the respondent No. 1/Board of Revenue at Lucknow since 2020 as also taking note of para 458(2) of U.P. Revenue Court Manual, as per which, a revision should preferably be decided within a period of six months, this Court is of the view that indulgence of this Court is required in the matter. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.1/Board of Revenue at Lucknow to consider and decide the Case No. REV/240/2020, Computerized Case No. R2020104600240 (Ram Saran and others vs. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow) most expeditiously after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties to the litigation and without granting any adjournment to either party preferably within a period of six months from the next date fixed in the case, if possible and if there is no other legal impediment in this regard. It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of either party on merits and the Authority concerned shall be free to decide the matter strictly in accordance with law. With the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 17.10.2023Arun/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench