Jai Ram and 5 Others v. Chief Revenue Officer Ayodhya / Faizabad and 5 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10023 of 2023 Petitioner :- Jai Ram And 5 Others Respondent :- Chief Revenue Officer Ayodhya / Faizabad And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shikhar Anand Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for petitioners, Sri Mohan Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.3 and learned standing counsel for State. Present writ petition is filed by the petitioners claiming that proceedings for patta cancellation were initiated against petitioners by certain private persons. The said proceedings were dismissed for want of prosecution by order dated

20.12.2022. There is no application for recall/restoration of the said order is pending as on date and, thus, the matter stands decided. Despite the said situation revenue authorities are not mutating the name of petitioners on the basis of patta. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that grievance of petitioners would be sufficiently met in case representation of petitioners for the said purposes is considered and decided in a time bound manner. Learned counsel for respondents have no objection to the same. In view thereof, petitioners are permitted to make a fresh detailed representation to respondent no.2 Sub-Divisional Officer, Tehsil-Akbarpur, District-Ambedkar Nagar, raising all their grievance, annexing therewith all the documents in support of their claim within a period of two weeks from today along with a certified copy of this order. In case such a representation is moved by petitioners, respondent no.2 shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order, after hearing all parties concerned, within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order along with representation is placed before him, unless there is any legal impediment. It is made clear that this court has not applied itself on the merits of the case and all questions are left open to be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 17.11.2023 Arti/- [Om Prakash Shukla,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench