INDRABALI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY., REVENUE DEPTT., LKO. AND OTHERS
A227/1508/2025 · 2025-03-27
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:17740 Court No. - 7 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 1508 of 2025 Petitioner :- Indrabali Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy., Revenue Deptt., Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd.Yasin Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Yogesh Kumar Awasthi, learned Standing Counsel for the State/opposite party No.1 and 2 as well as Shri Mohan Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party No.3 and perused the record. In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private- respondents is hereby dispensed with. By means of this petition, the petitioner seeks following main relief(s) :-
"I. To issue an order or direction thereby quashing/setting aside the impugned proceeding before the Opposite Party No.2/the learned Additional Commissioner (Administration), Ayodhya Division, Ayodhya in the pending Appeal No. 02232 of 2017 and bearing Computerized Case No.C201704000002232 titled as the Village Panchaya of the Village Fatehpur Mohibpur Versus Indrabali and Others under Section 207 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 as contained in the ANNEXURE NO.1 to the petition. II. To issue an order or direction to quash/set aside the impugned status quo order dated 25.03.2023 passed by the Opposite Party No.2, i.e. the learned Additional Commissioner (Administration), Ayodhya Division, Ayodhya to the parties to maintain status quo over the Survey No.545 situated in Village- Fatehpur Mohibpur, Pargana- Surhurpur, Tahsil- Jalalpur, District- Ambedkar Nagar in the Appeal No. 02232 of 2017 and bearing Computerized Case No. C201704000002232 titled as the Village Panchaya of the Village- Fatehpur Mohibpur Versus Indrabali and others under the provisions of the Section 207 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 as contained in the ANNEXURE NO.6 to the petition." Taking note of Rule 183(4) of the U.P. Revenue Code Rules, 2016 made under U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 and para 458(2) of U.P. Revenue Court Manual, as per which, revision or appeal should preferably be decided within six months, however, in the instant case, the appeal is pending since May, 2017 and on account of pendency of the same, the petitioner, as stated, is suffering great hardship and mental agony, this petition is
disposed of with a direction to the opposite party No.2/Addl. Commissioner (Administration), Ayodhya Division, Ayodhya to decide the Appeal No. 02232 of 2017 (Computerized Case No.C201704000002232 titled as the "Village Panchaya of the Village Fatehpur Mohibpur Versus Indrabali and Others", expeditiously, after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties to the litigation, without granting unnecessary
adjournment to either of the parties, preferably within a period of six months from the next date fixed in the case, if there is no other legal impediment in this regard. It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of either party on merits and the Authority concerned shall be free to decide the matter strictly in accordance with law. With the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of.
Order Date :- 27.3.2025 ML/- Digitally signed by :- MUNNA LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench