Vittan Devi v. Civil Judge S.D. Distt. Pratapgarh and Another

Court No. - 6 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6377 of 2023 Petitioner :- Vittan Devi Respondent :- Civil Judge S.D. Distt. Pratapgarh And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajai Kumar Shukla,Vikas Yadav Hon'ble Rajnish Kumar,J. Sri Vikas Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that inadvertently and due to typographical error, he could not implead the remaining defendants of Regular Suit No.176 of 2014 in this petition. Therefore he may be permitted to implead them as respondents. He further submits that the year of the Regular Suit No.176 could not be mentioned after / in the prayer no.1, which may also be permitted to be mentioned. In view of above, learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to incorporate the same. Heard. In view of the order proposed to be passed this Court does not deem it necessary to issue notice to respondents as their interest would be well protected by the order passed by this Court. By means of the present petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- "(i) issue an order or direction commanding the opposite party no.1 i.e. to direct the opposite party no.1 i.e. Civil Judge Senior Division, District Pratapgarh, to decide the original suit filed by the petitioner bearing Original Suit/ Case No.176/2014 "Nanhelal Verma versus Sharda Prasad Gupta and others" which is pending before learned Civil Judge Junior Senior Division, District Pratapgarh, since 10.07.2014, contained in Annexure No.1, in the interest of justice.

(ii) Any other order or direction, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper under the circumstances of the case, may also be passed." This court on administrative side has already issued directions to the court below to obtain zero pendency of cases which are more than five years old. In view of directions already issued on administrative side, this court is not inclined to pass any further order on judicial side. However, it is always open for the petitioner to move appropriate application before the court before which the matter is pending for expeditious hearing showing urgency. In case any such application is moved within a period of week from today, the same shall be considered and disposed of within two weeks thereafter and endeavour shall be made to decide the Suit within a time frame. With the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 20.12.2023 Akanksha High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench