E Court Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:9439 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1274 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohammad Hameed Khan Respondent :- State Of U.P. Through Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Civil Secretariat Lucknow And Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Sajjad Husain,Farhan Ahmad Khan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers :- "(i). Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS thereby commanding and directing to the opposite parties to immediately remove the illegal encroachment, on the the government Pond situated at Village Ainwan Vikas Khand Jahangirganj. Tehsil Alapur, District Ambedkarnagar which has been illegally encroached upon by the opposite party No.5 to 8, within the stipulated time as this Hon'ble Court deems just and proper in the interest of justice. Photographs of the Encroached Land are annexed herewith as Annexure No. 2 to this petition. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS thereby commanding and directing to the opposite party No.3 to decide the application dt.06.09.2024 U/s 67 of U.P. Revenue Code 2006, within the stipulated time as this Hon'ble Court deems just and proper in the interest of justice. Copy of the application dt.06.09.2024 is annexed herewith as Annexure No.1 to this petitioner." 3. Considering the fact that the petitioner has already filed an application under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code, the opposite party no. 3 is directed to register the case and decide the same in accordance with law within the time as prescribed in the statute. 4. The petition is finally disposed of, in terms of above. Order Date :- 13.2.2025 Arun Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench