Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:36572 Court No. - 3 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 3893 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mcgraw Hill Education India Pvt. Ltd. Thru. Its Authorised Representative Mr. Nikhil Chauhan Respondent :- Board Of Revenue U.P. Lko. Thru. Is Member Court No. 4 And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Abhishek Awasthi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J. 1. Heard Shri H.G.S. Parihar, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Abhishek Awasthi, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and perused the record. 2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has made following prayers: "(a) Direct the Respondent No. 1 to decide the Stay Application dated 03.12.2024 filed by the Petitioner along with its Stamp Revision bearing Case No. SREV/4276/2024 Gautam Budh Nagar (Computerised Case No. R20241127004276) (McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd. Vs State of UP & others) presently pending in the Court of Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav, Ld. Member (Judicial), Board of Revenue, Lucknow, as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with law, AND till such time, direct the Respondents Nos. 2 to 4, not to take any coercive action against the Petitioner. (b) Direct the Respondent No. 1 to proceed to decide the Stamp Revision itself bearing Case No. SREV/4276/2024 Gautam Budh Nagar (Computerised Case No. R20241127004276) (McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd. Vs State of UP & others), expeditiously, and in a time bound manner, in the interest of justice." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the District Magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar initiated proceedings with regard to the lease deed dated 10.07.2020 under Section 33/40 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and concluded the same on 07.06.2024 ex parte without affording any opportunity to the petitioner. Thereafter the petitioner against the ex parte order dated 07.06.2024 preferred a revision petition bearing Revision Petition No.4276 of 2024 before the Board of Revenue, Lucknow along with an interim relief application on 03.12.2024. The Board of Revenue, Lucknow admitted the aforesaid revision petition on 10.01.2025 and no order has been passed on the interim relief application. 4. It has been further submitted that on 21.05.2025 after hearing the parties, order was reserved in the aforesaid revision, but even after lapse of a period of more than one month, no order has been pronounced by the Board of Revenue till date, therefore, the Board of Revenue, Lucknow may be directed to pass appropriate order on the application dated 03.12.2024 moved by the petitioner. 5. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents has no objection, if any direction is issued for passing appropriate order on the petitioner's application dated 03.12.2024. 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and having regard to the fact that the application dated 03.12.2024, which was heard by the Board of Revenue on 21.05.2025 and the order was reserved, but till date no order has been passed thereon, the Board of Revenue, Lucknow/opposite party no.1 is directed to make all out efforts to pass appropriate order on the application dated 03.12.2024 moved by the petitioner in the aforesaid revision petition within a period of six days from today i.e. till 02.07.2025, positively in accordance with law. 7. With the aforesaid directions/observations, the writ petition is disposed of. 8. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel shall communicate this order to the Board of Revenue, Lucknow forthwith for compliance. Brij Raj Singh,J. Order Date :- 26.6.2025 Anupam S/- Digitally signed by :- ANUPAM SINGH PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench