Anil Kumar Uppadhyay v. Board of Revenue, Lko. Thru. Chairman and 4 Others

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5575 of 2023 Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Uppadhyay Respondent :- Board Of Revenue, Lko. Thru. Chairman And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gaurav Kumar Hasani Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Gupta Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private-respondent(s) is hereby dispensed with. By means of this petition, the petitioner seeks expeditious disposal of Revision No. 702 of 2015 (Anil Kumar Uppadhyay vs. Pramila Yadav and others) filed under Section 219 of U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901, which is pending before the respondent No. 1/Board of Revenue, Lucknow. It is stated that as per para 458(2) of U.P. Revenue Court Manual, an appeal or revision should preferably be decided within a period of six months. However, in the instant case, the revision is pending since 2015 and on account of pendency of the same, the petitioner is suffering great hardship and mental agony. In these circumstances, indulgence of this Court is required in the matter. The prayer is to expedite the proceedings of pending case. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, 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 to consider and decide the Revision No. 702 of 2015 (Anil Kumar Uppadhyay vs. Pramila Yadav and others) 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 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 :- 1.11.2023 Arun/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench