HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 9136/2025 Smt. Kusum G. Narayan D/o Sh. Moolchand Joshi, Aged About 77 Years, Resident Of 94/137 Vijay Path, Mansarovar, Jaipur (Rajasthan). ----Petitioner Versus 1. Additional Director Of Mines, Kota Zone, Mining Bhawan, Kota. 2. Superintending Mining Engineer, Bhilwara, Mining Bhawan Bhilwara. 3. The Mining Engineer-Bhilwara, Mining Bhawan Bhilwara. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ajay Shukla For Respondent(s) : JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND Order 11/07/2025 1. With a limited prayer, the instant writ petition has been preferred for issuing directions to the Appellate Authority i.e. Additional Director Mines to decide the pending appeal filed against the order dated 30.01.2020. 2. Counsel submits that the aforesaid appeal is lying pending for its adjudication on merits for last more than five years, hence, appropriate directions be issued to the Appellate Authority to decide the appeal expeditiously within a time frame. 3. Considering the arguments put forward by the learned counsel for the petitioner and looking to the fact that the (2 of 2) [CW-9136/2025] appeal is lying pending before the Appellate Authority since 2020, it is expected from the Appellate Authority to make all possible endeavours to decide the pending appeal expeditiously, as early as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order, after affording due opportunity of hearing to all the respective parties, strictly in accordance with law. 4. With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. The stay application and all pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J KuD/8