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2025 DAILYLAW 103712 (ALL)

ARUN UPADHYAY v. STATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS

WRIC/35409/2025 · 2025-10-08

Y K Srivastava

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 35409 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE DR. YOGENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J. Sri Brij Bhushan Prasad Shrivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Indramani Kushwaha, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents. The present petition has been filed seeking a direction to respondent No. 2, the Sub Divisional Magistrate (Judicial), Tehsil Salempur, District Deoria, to decide the Suit No. D2012052000247, [Satyadev and Others Vs. Ramnagina and Others], under Section 229-B of the U.P.Z.A. and L.R. Act, 1950, within a stipulated time period. Petitioner has asserted himself to be a defendant in the suit. Counsel for the petitioner has referred to the 'order sheet' of the case, a copy whereof has been appended to the writ petition, to point out that although several dates have been fixed, but for some reason or the other, the matter is being adjourned and the delay in disposal of the case is causing undue hardship to the petitioner. Attention is also drawn to para 458 of the U.P. Revenue Court Manual, wherein it is provided that the court concerned is to make an endeavour to decide a suit within a period of one year from the date of its institution. Accordingly, the petitioner, by way of the present petition has sought for proceedings to be concluded expeditiously. Counsel appearing for the State-respondents has no objection if the proceedings are expedited. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Brij Bhushan Prasad Shrivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Arun Upadhyay .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Having regard to the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of with an observation that the court/authority concerned would make an endeavor to decide the aforesaid case, in accordance with law, expeditiously preferably within a period of one year granting any unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties and keeping in view the mandate providing a period for one year for a suit to be decided, as noted above, provided there is no other legal impediment. October 9, 2025 Arun K. Singh WRIC No. 35409 of 2025 2 (Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad