Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:93669 Court No. - 50 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 2224 of 2025 Petitioner :- Phool Chand And 13 Others Respondent :- Settlement Officer Of Consolidation Maharajganj And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Murli Dhar Mishra,Pallavi Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J. 1. Heard Ms. Pallavi Srivastava, learned counsel for petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The instant petition has been filed for following reliefs:- "A. issue a writ of mandamus, directing the Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Maharajganj/ respondent no. 1 to decide the Appeal No. 327 of 2025 (Phool Chand and Others Versus Ram Awadh and Others) to decide the stay application pending before him B. Issue any other writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. C. Issue and order calling for the record and awarding the cost." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that appeal under Section 11(1) of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act filed by the petitioners against the order of Consolidation Officer dated 28.03.2025 is pending along the stay application. She further submitted that appropriate direction be issued for expeditious disposal of aforementioned appeal and till the disposal of appeal interim protection be granted. 4. On the other hand, Sri Kumar Gaurav, learned Standing Counsel for the State submitted that appeal has been filed in the month of April, as such no direction should be issued for expeditious disposal of appeal. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the instant petition is finally disposed of directing the respondent no. 1- Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Maharajganj, Pharenda, District-Maharajganj to decide the aforementioned appeal, after affording proper opportunity of hearing to the parties expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order of this Court. Order Date :- 30.5.2025 Neetu Digitally signed by :- NEETU SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- NEETU SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- NEETU SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad