Ajeet Pratap Singh and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Revenue Civil Secrt. Lko. and 2 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9099 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ajeet Pratap Singh And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Revenue Civil Secrt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anand Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioners, learned counsel for respondent Gaon Sabha and the learned Standing Counsel for the State.

¶2Present writ petition is filed by the petitioners claiming that land Gata No.1335 G area 0.2280 hect situated at Village Adhanpur, Pargana & Tehsil Musafirkhana, District Amethi is recorded in the name of petitioner no.2 in the revenue record and in garb of constructing water tank under the Jal Shakti Mission Scheme on government land, respondents are encroaching the aforesaid land which belongs to petitioners.

¶3After arguing at some length, learned counsel for petitioners submits that grievance of petitioners would be sufficiently met in case they are permitted to move appropriate application under Section 24 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 and the same may be decided expeditiously.

¶4In case petitioner moves such an application for demarcation, the authority concerned shall consider and decide the same, in accordance with law, after hearing all the parties concerned, as expeditiously as possible, say within a period of six weeks from the date the application along with a certified copy of this order is filed.

¶5It is made clear that this court has not applied itself on the merits of the case and all questions are left open to be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law.

¶6With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 18.10.2023 Arti/- [Manish Kumar,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench