Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27755 Court No. - 7 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 2781 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ravi Pratap And 2 Others Respondent :- Settlement Officer Consolidation Gonda, District- Gonda And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Angrej Nath Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned State counsel. In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private-respondent(s) is hereby dispensed with. The instant petition has been preferred seeking following main relief(s):- "(a) to issue direction to opposite party no-1 to decide the Appeal No.338TB, filed on 15.12.2022, under section-21(2) of Consolidation of Holdings Act situated in Village- Tulsipur, Pargana- Nababganj, Tehsil - Tarabganj, District- Gonda, Vinay Kumar & others Vs Ram Gulam & others." It is submitted that for the reasons beyond control of the petitioner, the case, in issue, has yet not been decided, though, the same is pending since February, 2022 and on account of pendency of the same, the petitioners, who are aged about 42, 48 and 78 years, respectively, are suffering great hardship and mental agony. In these circumstances, indulgence of this Court is required in the matter. The prayer is to expedite the proceedings of pending case. Learned State counsel submits that he has no objection in case an expedite order is passed. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that no fruitful purpose will be served in keeping this petition pending. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.1/Settlement Officer Consolidation Gonda, District- Gonda to consider and decide the Appeal No.338TB most expeditiously after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties to the litigation and without granting unnecessary adjournment to either party 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 :- 12.5.2025 Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench