Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:16872 Court No. - 7 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 1612 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anup Kumar Singh @ Anup Kumar Respondent :- Consolidation Officer, Naveen, Gonda And 12 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Umeshwar Pratap Pandey,Sanjay Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Yogesh Kumar Awasthi, learned Standing Counsel for the State and perused the record. In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private- respondent is hereby dispensed with. The instant petition has been preferred seeking following main relief:- "I. Issue a suitable order or direction thereby directs the opposite party No. 1 i.e. Consolidation Officer, Naveen, Gonda to decide the restoration application dated 07.11.2019 which is pending in Case No.38-T.B. Under Section-9-A (2) of U.P. C.H. Act (Kunvar Jadunath Singh and others Versus. Ishwar Saran Singh and others) within stipulated time." Taking note of the facts and circumstances of the case and period of pendency of the application in issue, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the Authority concerned to consider and decide the application in issue pending in Case No.38-T.B. Under Section-9-A (2) of U.P. C.H. Act (Kunvar Jadunath Singh and others Versus. Ishwar Saran Singh and others) expeditiously, say within a period of three months, after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties to the litigation and without granting unnecessary adjournment to either party, 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 :- 25.3.2025 ML/- Digitally signed by :- MUNNA LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench