Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:35870 Court No. - 2 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 3842 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Shahnaj Bano Respondent :- Prescribed Authority/Civil Judge (S.D.) Gonda And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Bajhul Quamar Siddiqui,Syed Ahmad Abbas Zaidi Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Mr. Bajhul Quamar Siddiqui, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. By means of the instant petition, the petitioner has challenged the validity of the order dated 19.05.2025 passed by the learned Prescribed Authority/ Civil Judge (Senior Division) Gonda in Case No. 06/2019 (Smt. Shahnaz Bano Vs. Munni Devi). However, the learned counsel for the petitioner has made a statement at the bar that he does not want to press the relief No. 1 prayed in the petition and he confines his prayer only for issuance of a direction to the Prescribed Authority/ Civil Judge (Senior Division) Gonda for deciding the pending proceedings under Section 21(1)(a) of Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of 1972') expeditiously. 3. In view of the aforesaid statement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this petition can be disposed of without issuing notice to the opposite party No. 2. 4. The petitioner had filed the application under Section 21(1) (a) of the Act of 1972 in the year 2019. Rule 15 (3) of the Act of 1972 provides that every application filed under Section 21(1) of the Act of 1972, shall, so far as possible, be decided within two months from the date of its presentation. The application under Section 21(1) of the Act of 1972 filed by the petitioner is pending for more than 5 years. 5. In view of the aforesaid facts, the instant petition is disposed of by issuing a direction to the Prescribed Authority/ Civil Judge (Senior Division) Gonda to dedice the Case No. 06/2019 (Smt. Shahnaz Bano Vs. Munni Devi) pending before it, expeditiously, without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties, keeping in view of the mandate contained in Rule 15(3) of the Rules framed under the Act of 1972. Order Date :- 19.6.2025/(Manoj K.) Digitally signed by :- MANOJ KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench