HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6373 of 2025 Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Mohd. Azam Khan, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Dheeraj Ojha, the learned Standing Counsel for the State of U.P. 2. Keeping in view the nature of reliefs sought and order proposed to be passed issuance of notice to the opposite parties is dispensed with. 3.The learned Standing Counsel has raised a preliminary objection that the State of U.P. has wrongly been impleaded in the petition as an opposite party No.1 whereas it is not a party in the suit in respect of which a direction is sought. The second objection is regarding impleadment of Civil Judge (Junior Divison), Sadar Faizabad as an opposite party no.2, which has been done in violation of the directions issued by the Supreme Court. 4. Confronted with the aforesaid objection, the learned counsel for the petitioner has made an oral prayer for being permitted to delete the State of U.P. and Civil Judge (Junior Division) Sadar Faizabad from the array of opposite parties. 5. The oral request is accepted and the learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to carry out the necessary corrections in the memo of the petition forthwith. 6. By means of the instant writ petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought issuance of a direction to the Civil Judge (Junior Division) Sadar Ayodhya for expeditious disposal of Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mohd. Azam Khan Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Abdul Majeed .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Revenue Civil Sectt. Lko. And 18 Others .....Respondent(s) Regular Suit No. 457 of 2004. 7. The defendants have already put in appearance in the suit and filed written statements. 8. As the suit is pending for more than two decades, the present petition is allowed and the direction is issued to the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Sadar Ayodhya to dispose of the Regular Suit No.457 of 2004 expeditiously, by fixing dates at short intervals and without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties. November 10, 2025 Preeti A227 No. 6373 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- PREETI GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- PREETI GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench