Ishwar Deen v. Consolidation Officer, Sadar, Faizabad and Others

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5624 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ishwar Deen Respondent :- Consolidation Officer, Sadar, Faizabad And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Richa Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh 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-respondents is hereby dispensed with. By means of this petition, the petitioner has sought the following main relief:- "(I) to issue a order or direction to direct the opposite party No. 1 to expedite the proceedings of case No. 615/2023, 'Ishwar Deen Vs. Bhagauti Prasad & Others' under section 9A (2) of UPCH, 1953 Act pending in the court of Consolidation Officer, Sadar, Faizabad/Ayodhya within stipulated period in the interest of justice." Considering the fact that the case, in issue, is pending since 1998 and on account of pendency of the same, the petitioner is suffering great hardship and mental agony, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.1 to consider and decide the case, in issue, 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 :- 2.11.2023 Arun/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench