Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:77673 Court No. - 50 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 1732 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kalpnath Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Yashwant Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J. 1. Heard Sri Yashwant Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ashok Kumar Sonkar, learned standing counsel 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, directing the Consolidation Officer, Rustampur, District Gorakhpur/respondent no.2 to decide the Case No.2240 (Nihaluddin vs. Vindeshwari), under Section 9-A(2) of the U.P. C.H. Act within a time-bound period." 3. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that time-barred review application filed on behalf of the private respondent is pending before respondent no.2/Consolidation Officer since long wherein the petitioner is the opposite party. He submitted that copy of the order-sheet of the pending proceeding is annexed along with the writ petition in order to demonstrate that the matter is not proceeding expeditiously. 4. I have considered the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the records. 5. There is no dispute about the fact that the review application filed by the private respondents is highly time- barred wherein the petitioner is the opposite party. 6. No case for expeditious disposal of the time-barred proceeding is made out. 7. The writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 13.5.2025 C.Prakash Digitally signed by :- CHANDRA PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad