Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 36994 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE DR. YOGENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Sri Suresh Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Abhishek Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents. Present petition has been filed seeking a direction to respondent No.2-Sub Divisional Magistrate, Martinganj, Azamgarh, to decide Case No.2401/2024 (Ram Chander vs. Firoz and others) under Section 134 of the U P Revenue Code, 2006, within a stipulated time period. Counsel for the petitioner has referred to the 'order sheet' of the case, a copy whereof has been appended to the writ petition, to point out that although several dates have been fixed, but for some reason or the other, the matter is being adjourned and the delay in disposal of the case is causing undue hardship to the petitioner. Attention is also drawn to para 458 of the U.P. Revenue Court Manual, wherein it is provided that the court concerned is to make an endeavour to decide a suit within a period of one year from the date of its institution. Accordingly, the petitioner, by way of the present petition has sought for proceedings to be concluded expeditiously. Counsel appearing for the State-respondents has no objection, if the proceedings are expedited. Having regard to the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of with an observation that the court/authority concerned would make an endeavor to decide the aforesaid case, in accordance with law, expeditiously preferably within a period of one year without granting any unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties and keeping in view the mandate providing a period Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Deepak Prajapati, Suresh Kumar Maurya Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Rameshwar Prasad Shukla Ram Chander .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 6 Others .....Respondent(s)
for one year for a suit to be decided, as noted above, provided there is no other legal impediment. October 29, 2025 RKK/- WRIC No. 36994 of 2025 2 (Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAJ KUMAR KANNAUJIA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad