HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - B No. - 2126 of 2025 Court No. - 50 HON'BLE AJAY BHANOT, J. 1. Heard Shri Arvind Kumar Srivastava and Shri Suresh Chandra Shukla, learned counsels for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents No. 1 to 3 and Shri Pratik J. Nagar, learned counsel assisted by Shri Anurag Kumar, learned counsel for the respondent No. 4. 2. The only prayer made by the petitioners in the instant case is that the Appeal No. 1513 of 2008 (Lalta and others vs. Premchand and others) pending before the respondent No. 2 - Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Old Ekai, District Jaunpur be decided within a stipulated period of time. 3. According to the petitioners, during the pendency of the appeal the proceedings to execute the order passed by the Consolidation Officer which was the subject matter of appeal is sought to be implemented. 4. Considering the submissions of petitioners, this Court passed an interim order on 26.05.2025. It is the responsibility of the appellate court to ensure that during the pendency of the appeal the cause of action of the properties comprised in the appeal are neither alienated nor dissipated so as to render the purpose of the appeal infructuous. 5. In this wake, the interim shall continue till the decision of the appeal. 6. In the wake of preceding discussions and without going into Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arvind Kumar Srivastava, Sumit Shukla, Suresh Chandra Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : Pratik J. Nagar, Anurag Kumar, C.S.C. Chandra Shekhar And 8 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 15 Others .....Respondent(s) the merits of the case, the respondent No. 2 - Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Old Ekai, District Jaunpur is directed to decide the appeal of the petitioner, preferably, within a period of three months as per law from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 7. The petitioners and all other parties are directed to cooperate in the proceedings before the appellate court. 8. It is categorically stated that this Court has not adjudicated the controversy on merits, the same shall be decided by the appellate court upon independent application of mind. 9. The writ petition is accordingly allowed to the extent indicated above. September 23, 2025 Jaswant WRIB No. 2126 of 2025 2 (Ajay Bhanot,J.) Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad