Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:73777 Court No. - 35 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38398 of 2024 Petitioner :- Sita Devi Respondent :- State Of Up And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Babita Shukla,Ram Prakash Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Case called out in revised list. None appears on behalf of the petitioner to press this petition. 2. Heard learned Standing Counsel and perused the record. 3. This writ petition has been filed for the following relief: "i. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 2 to decide the application dated 21.11.2022 pending before Sub-District Magistrate Tehsil Gyanpur, District- Bhadohi, within stipulated period of time." 4. Learned Standing Counsel has raised a preliminary objection that the petitioner has an alternative remedy to approach appropriate authority by moving an application under Section 26 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 in view of the judgment passed by this Court in Jahar Singh v. State of U.P. reported in 2017(4) ADJ 619 as well as in Kanhaiya Lal v. State of U.P. and others reported in 2023 (12) ADJ 226. 5. Since the petitioner has an alternative remedy, I am not inclined to entertain the instant petition. 6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner avail the remedy as available to him. Order Date :- 7.5.2025 Nitika Sri. (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- NITIKA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- NITIKA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad