Tej Pratap Singh v. Deputy Director of Consolidation, Gonda and Others

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5796 of 2023 Petitioner :- Tej Pratap Singh Respondent :- Deputy Director Of Consolidation, Gonda And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Kumar Singh,Vaibhav Chauhan 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-respondents is hereby dispensed with. By means of this petition, the petitioner has sought the following main relief:- "(i) suitable direction commanding the opposite party no. 1/ Deputy Director of Consolidation Gonda, to decide the Revision No. 235/2010 in re Reference No. 93/2010, Under Rule 48 (3) U.P.C.H. Act, titled as State Versus Dwarika Prasas and others, pending before him, within specific time frame as court may deem fit just and proper." Considering the age of petitioner i.e. 61 years and that of litigation as also taking note of para 458(2) of U.P. Revenue Court Manual, as per which, an appeal or revision should preferably be decided within a period of six months, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.1 to consider and decide the revision, 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 :- 9.11.2023 Arun/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench