Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:30143 Court No. - 7 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 3057 of 2025 Petitioner :- Harishchandra Respondent :- Chief Revenue Officer, Pratapgarh And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shiv Prakash Mishra,Ashish Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Gupta Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner 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 an order or direction to opposite party no. 1 to decide and conclude the Case No.RST/3296 /2016, Computerized Case No. D2016025703296, "Harishchandra Vs. Ram Prasad", earlier filed u/s 198 (4) of U.P.Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950 in the year 1995 and presently ongoing under section 128 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, which is pending before the court of opposite party no.1, within a period as fixed by this Hon'ble Court." Taking note of period of pendency of the case in issue and para 458(1) of U.P. Revenue Court Manual, as per which, a suit preferred for declaration of rights should preferably be decided by the revenue court concerned within a period of one year from the date of filing of the same, the instant petition is disposed of with a direction to the Authority/Court concerned namely Chief Revenue Officer, District- Pratapgarh to consider and decide the Case No. RST/3296/2016, Computerized Case No. D2016025703296 (Harishchandra Vs. Ram Prasad) 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 one year from the next date fixed in the case. 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