Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:5582 Court No. - 7 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 393 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vinod Kumar Lohumi Respondent :- Learned Court Of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Lko And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashish Kumar Singh,Shakeel Qureshi Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the Standing Counsel. 2. The present petition has been filed with the following prayer : "Issue an order or direction to the opposite parties specially the opposite party No.-1 i.e., Learned Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Lucknow, to decide the Regular Suit which is registered as case no.1772 of 2016 "Bhuvaneshwar Lohumi and Harihar Lohumi & Another", as expeditious as possible or within a period as stipulated by this Hon'ble Court in the interest of justice." 3. It is argued by the counsel for the petitioner that the opposite party is not appearing in the case. 4. In case the said fact is true, the trial court would be at liberty to proceed ex-parte and decide the aforesaid Regular Suit with all expedition, as the matter is very old and pending since 2016. 5. The petitioner would also be at liberty to seek for early disposal of the application under section 340 of Cr.P.C., which shall also be decided expeditiously. 6. The writ petition stands disposed off with the said observations. Order Date :- 28.1.2025 VNP/- Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench