Baquar Husain Zaidi v. Board of Revenue, U.P., Lucknow Thru. Member (Judicial), Sri Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav and Another

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5348 of 2023 Petitioner :- Baquar Husain Zaidi Respondent :- Board Of Revenue, U.P., Lucknow Thru. Member (Judicial), Sri Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Mehdi Abbas Rizvi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard. In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private-respondent(s) is hereby dispensed with. Present petition has been filed for the following main relief:- "(a) expedite the hearing and disposal of the contempt/execution application under section 12 of the Contempt of Court's Act, 1971 read with section 460 of the U.P. Revenue Code and also Revision No. 2060/2017 (Safdar Husain versus Mohammad Athar and others) computerized case no. R2017960002060 under Section 219 of the U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901, filed by opposite party no. 2 on 30.11.2017, pending before the opposite party no. 1, within the time which may kindly be fixed by this Hon'ble Court." As per Para 458(2) of U.P. Revenue Court Manual, the appeal or revision, as the case may be, should be decided preferably within a period of six months, however, in the instant case, the matter is pending since 2017, this Court is of the view that no fruitful purpose will be served in keeping this petition pending. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.1-Board of Revenue, U.P. at Lucknow, U.P. to consider and decide Application under section 12 of the Contempt of Court's Act, 1971 read with Section 460 of the U.P. Revenue Code as also Revision No. 2060/2017, most expeditiously, after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties to the litigation but 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 this 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 :- 18.10.2023/Vinay/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench