Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:41758 Court No. - 50 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 945 of 2025 Petitioner :- Markandey Respondent :- Consolidation Officer, Belthara Road District Ballia And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Bansh Gopal Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J. 1. Heard Sri Bansh Goptal Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the state-respondents. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed for the following relief:- "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, directing the Consolidation Officer, Belthara Road, District Ballia (respondent no.1) to decide the Case No.20245415959070097 (Markandey vs. Sunita), under Section 12 of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, pending before him, within the stipulated period". 3. In compliance of the order of this Court dated 12.3.2025, instruction/report dated 19.3.2025, sent by the Consolidation Officer, Belthara Road, Ballia is taken on record. 4. Learned Addl. C.S.C. on the basis of the instruction submitted that proceeding is pending before the Consolidation Officer and the same shall be decided expeditiously. 5. In view of the facts mentioned in the instruction dated 19.3.2025, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent no.1 to decide the aforesaid proceedings to its logical conclusion, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 2 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. Order Date :- 21.3.2025 C.Prakash Digitally signed by :- CHANDRA PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad