RAM LOCHAN v. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, BARABANKI AND OTHERS
A227/2901/2025 · 2025-05-16
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:29072 Court No. - 7 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 2901 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Lochan Respondent :- District Magistrate, Barabanki And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vivek Kumar Pandey,Pradeep Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Learned State Counsel placed before this Court a copy of the instructions dated 16.05.2025, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Badrish Kumar, Additional Chief Standing Counsel alongwith Sri Anurag Verma, learned State counsel. In view of the order proposed to be passed by this Court, notice to the private-respondents is dispensed with. The present petition has been filed for the following main relief:-
"Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to direct the OP No-3 i.e. Assistant Collector First Class / Tehsildar, Tehsil-Nawabganj, District- Barabanki, to consider and decide the application for stay dated 24.04.2025 filed in Case No- 868/2020 under section 67 of UP Revenue Code, expeditiously or on date fixed or at an early date as contained in Annexure No-1 to this petition, the interest of justice." Sri Badrish Kumar, Additional Chief Standing Counsel, based upon the instructions says that proceeding in issue in issue, would be concluded expeditiously say within a period of three months as provided under Section 67(6) of U.P. Revenue Code 2006 read with U.P. Revenue Code Rules 2016, from today. Taking note of the facts of the case as also the contents of instruction dated 16.05.2025 as also the submission of learned Counsel for the State, the present petition is disposed of with direction to the respondent No.-3 to consider and decide the pending proceedings in issue, detailed in the prayer clause, within three months from the next date fixed in the case, after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties to the litigation and without granting unnecessary adjournment to either party, if there is no legal impediment in this regard. Till the decision of the proceedings in issue, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner. It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of either of the parties 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 :- 16.5.2025 Jyoti/- Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench