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2025 DAILYLAW 140804 (ALL)

HUSN BANO AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF REVENUE, LKO. AND OTHERS

A227/3033/2025 · 2025-05-21

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:30124 Court No. - 7 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 3033 of 2025 Petitioner :- Husn Bano And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue, Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Akhilesh Kumar Pandey,Rashmi Pandey,Swadha Gupta 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):- "(i) issue a direction to the opposite party No. 2 i.e. Tehsildar, Tehsil Rudauli, District- Ayodhya to decide the pending case No. 04159 OF 2020 (COMPUTERIZED CASE NO. T202004230704159) under section 34 of the U.P. Revenue Code 2006 "Husn Bano Versus Mohd. Juber Khan" pending since 13.11.2020 expeditiously within stipulated period as early as possible." Considering the fact that the case in issue relates to mutation and as per Rule 34(7) of U.P. Revenue Code Rules, 2016 made under the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, the mutation proceedings, being summary in nature, ought to have been decided within 45 days if there is no dispute and if there is dispute, then the same should preferably be decided within 90 days, however, in the instant case, the proceedings for mutation are pending since 2020, this Court is of the view that no gainful purpose will be served in keeping the present petition pending. In view of above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.2/Tehsildar, Tehsil- Rudauli, District- Ayodhya to consider and decide the Case No. 04159 of 2020, Computerized Case No. T202004230704159 (Husn Bano Versus Mohd. Juber Khan) 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 three 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 :- 21.5.2025 Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench