Surat Narayan Pandey and Others v. Consolidation Officer Ist, Pratapgarah and Others

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5676 of 2023 Petitioner :- Surat Narayan Pandey And Others Respondent :- Consolidation Officer Ist, Pratapgarah And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sharad Nandan Ojha,Akhand Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. 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 direct the trial court i.c. Court of Consolidation Officer Ist, District-Pratapgarh to decide Case No. 188/12-13 (Jag Narayan Vs. Gajadhar) pending before the Court of Consolidation Officer Ist, District-Pratapgarh in a time-bound manner as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case." Taking note of period of pendency of objection preferred under Section 9A(2) of U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 (in short "Act of 1953") as also the age of pending dispute which appears to be pending since 1974, 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 maximum 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 :- 7.11.2023 Arun/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench