Sant Lal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Revenue Civil Sectt. Lko and Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9908 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sant Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue Civil Sectt. Lko And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rakesh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Varun Pandey Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India assisted by Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for the respondents. Present writ petition has been preferred with the following main reliefs:- " i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby commanding and directing the opposite parties to pay the compensation in respect of Gata No. 961 area 0.364 hectare situated at Village Mallawan Chhajaipur, Pargana Bihar, Tehsil Kunda, District Pratapgarh to the petitioner which was acquired by the State Government vide notification No. 468/17-3-2022-72 (M)-2021 dated 25.04.2022, in the interest of justice.

ii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the opposite parties to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 23.10.2023 as contained in Annexure no5 to this writ petition by a speaking and reasoned order within a period as fixed by this Hon'ble Court, in the interest of justice." Learned counsel for petitioner submits that grievance of petitioner would be substantially met in case application of petitioner for the said purposes is considered and decided in a time bound manner. Without entering into merits of the case, the petitioner is permitted to make an application before the respondent no.2-District Magistrate/competent authority raising all his grievance, annexing therewith a copy of this writ petition along with annexures and all the documents in support of his claim within a period of two weeks from today along with a certified copy of this order. In case such a application is moved by petitioner, respondent no.2, if there is no legal impediment, shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law after hearing all the concerned parties by a reasoned and speaking order within a period of four weeks from the date a certified copy of this order along with application is placed before him. With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition is disposed of. (Manish Kumar,J) (Vivek Chaudhary,J) Order Date :- 8.11.2023 Ashish High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench