Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:20646-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 3119 of 2025 Petitioner :- Roshani And Anr. Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru Secy. Revenue Deptt. Lko And Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Devendra Pratap,Shashank Shekhar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. Heard. On 02.04.2025, we had passed the following order:- "1. As prayed, two weeks' time is granted to the petitioner for amending the relief clause. 2. In the meantime, let instructions be sought as to why registration of Will remains pending since 2019. 3. Let opposite party no.4-Sub-Registrar-IV (Stamp Registration), Tehsil Sadar, Lucknow, join the proceedings through Video Conferencing on 11.04.2025. 4. List on 11.04.2025." Sri Arvind Kumar Gaud, Sub Registrar is present. He says that the will was presented for registration after the death of the testator, therefore, there is a procedure prescribed for it, which is being followed, however, he accepts the fact that it should not have taken so much time for registering it, however, he says that for two years, no 'pairvi' was done in the matter. He seeks two months' time to complete the process. We dispose of this Writ Petition in the terms of the statement made by Sri Arvind Kumar Gaud, Sub Registrar. He should comply the same so will his successor, if any. We further provide that the Sub Registrar shall now conduct an inquiry as to how many such similar wills are pending registration under his jurisdiction, prepare a chart and monitor the progress in registration of the same. The District Magistrate, Lucknow, who also happens to be the Registrar, Lucknow shall ensure an inquiry as to how many such similar wills are pending in the office of the Sub Registrars under him and ensure that the registration process does not remain pending unnecessarily for long. The District Magistrate, Lucknow shall also look into the matter as to why in this case the registration process remained pending for almost six years and whether there is any laxity on the part of any official, if so, he shall do the needful so that this does not happen again. Sri Vinod Kumar, learned Additional C.S.C. shall communicate this order to the District Magistrate, Lucknow for compliance. (Om Prakash Shukla,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Order Date :- 11.4.2025 Saurabh Digitally signed by :- SAURABH VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench