Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:3216 Court No. - 8 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 148 of 2025 Petitioner :- Lav Kush Mishra Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Revenue, Lucknow And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gopal Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Jaspreet Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Notice on behalf of respondent nos. 1 to 3 has been accepted by the office of the learned Chief Standing Counsel. Sri Santosh Kumar Dubey, learned counsel has put in appearance on behalf of the respondent no. 4 and has filed his vakalatnama which is taken on record. The petitioner has filed the instant petition with the limited prayer that he has filed an appeal against an order of mutation dated 25.10.2024 which is engaging the attention of the respondent no. 2. It is urged that the private respondent no. 4 who is the respondent in the appeal has already put in appearance, however, the application for interim relief is yet to be heard and considered on its merit. It is urged that in the aforesaid circumstances, an appropriate order be passed so that the application for interim relief can be considered at an early date. It has also been informed that the matter is now listed on 24th January, 2025. Sri Santosh Kumar Dubey, learned counsel who has put in appearance on behalf of respondent no. 4 submits that he has no objection in case if the direction for time bound disposal of the application for interim relief is passed. Considering the aforesaid, this Court is of the opinion that no gainful purpose will be served in keeping the aforesaid petition pending rather ends of justice can be met by directing the respondent no. 2 to consider and decide the pending application for interim relief on the next date fixed and in case if the same is not possible then within a period of three weeks thereafter after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties but without granting any unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties. It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of either of the parties on merits and the court concerned shall decide the application strictly in accordance with law. With the aforesaid, the petition shall stands disposed of. Order Date :- 20.1.2025 Asheesh/- Digitally signed by :- ASHEESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench