Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:136663 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 12781 of 2024 Petitioner :- Smt. Sakshi Singh Respondent :- Abhishek Ranjan Singh Counsel for Petitioner :- Kamalesh Kumar Nishad,Ravindra Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed for following relief: " i) direct the concerned court i.e. Principal Judge, Family Court, Ballia to expedite the Case No.169 of 2022 (Abhishek Ranjan Singh Vs. Smt. Sakshi Singh), under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, expeditiously within stipulated period as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court;" 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act is pending since 2023. He prayed that the same may be decided, expeditiously. 4. In view of above, no useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending. 5. Accordingly, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ballia to consider and decide the application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of twelve weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order after ensuring service upon all the concerned parties as well as giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties provided that there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 12.8.2025 S. Singh (Manish Kumar Nigam, J.) Digitally signed by :- SAVITA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad