HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - B No. - 3738 of 2025 Court No. - 55 HON'BLE CHANDRA KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard Sri Mohit Verma, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Sharad Chandra Singh, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the state-respondents. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus, commanding respondent no.2/Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Gorakhpur to decide Appeal No.202454053100000727 (Bansaraj vs. Shankar), under Section 11(1) of the U.P. C.H. Act, within the stipulated time. 3. Counsel for the petitioners states that title appeal filed at the instance of the petitioners, is pending before the Settlement Officer of Consolidation since 2013. He submitted that revision filed against the interlocutory order passed in the aforementioned appeal, has been dismissed on 29.6.2024 but till date the appeal has not been decided by the Settlement Officer of Consolidation. He also placed the certified copy of the order sheet of the pending proceeding in order to demonstrate that the case is not proceeding expeditiously. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent no.2 to decide the aforesaid title appeal, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 3 months, from the date of production of a certified copy of this order before the authority concerned, after affording proper opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, in accordance with law. October 14, 2025 C.Prakash Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mohit Verma, Sachida Nand Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. (Chandra Kumar Rai,J.) Babun And Another .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- CHANDRA PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad