Munnal Lal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Law and Justice Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5744 of 2023 Petitioner :- Munnal Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Law And Justice Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Udai Bhan Pandey,Rahul Srivastava,Shubham Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J.

¶1Heard.

¶2In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private-respondent(s) is hereby dispensed with.

¶3Present petition has been filed for the following main reliefs:- "Issue a, order or direction, to opposite party no 2 decide the application under Section 151 C.P.C. read with order 39 Rule 2-A C.P.C learned Civil Judge, (Junior Division), F.T.C. Naveen Gonda arising out in Regular Suit No. 249 of 2018, RMNC.No.140 of 2019 Munna Lal Vs. Tulsi Ram and others pending since 06.03.2019 within stipulated time as this Hon'ble Court deem just and proper. Which is contained as Annexure No. 1 to the petition"

¶4Taking note of the fact that the petitioner is a senior citizen aged about 70 years and the period of pendency of the case, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 - Civil Judge (Junior Division), F.T.C. Naveen Gonda to decide the case, quoted in prayer clause, most expeditiously, after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties to the litigation and without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either party preferably within a period of one and a half years from the next date fixed in the case, if possible and if there is no other legal impediment in this regard.

¶5The benefit of the order would be available to the petitioner if he would appear on the each date fixed in the case.

¶6It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of either of the parties on merits and the authority/court concerned shall be free to decide the matter strictly in accordance with law. Order Date :- 8.11.2023 Mohit Singh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench