Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:64807 Court No. - 50 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 1583 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Urmila Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Manoj Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J. 1. Heard Sri Manoj Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Hari Mohan Srivastava, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the state-respondents. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed for the following relief:- (i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, commanding and directing the Consolidation Officer, Sadar, District Ballia/respondent no.2 to decide the Case No.0292 of 2020 (Computerized Case No.20205415959050292) (Urmila Devi vs. Bhagya Bhushan and Others), under Section 12 of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953, Mauja Shrinagar Pargana Dwaba District Ballia within stipulated period or as directed by this Hon'ble Court." 3. Counsel for the petitioner states that proceeding under Section 12 of the U.P. C.H. Act, initiated at the instance of the petitioner, is pending before respondent no.2/Consolidation Officer, Sadar, Ballia since 23.11.2019. He further placed the order sheet of the pending proceeding in order to demonstrate that the matter is not proceeding expeditiously. 4. I have considered the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the records. 5. The certified copy of the order-sheet of the pending proceeding demonstrates that the proceeding is at the evidence stage. 6. 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 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 :- 28.4.2025 C.Prakash Digitally signed by :- CHANDRA PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad