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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:6330 Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 901 of 2025 Petitioner :- Gurendra Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Siddharth Nandan,Sunil Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sher Bahadur Singh Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
2. The instant petition has been filed for the following relief:
"i) A writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 23.8.2024 (contained as Annexure No.10 to the writ petition) and order dated 13.12.2023 (contained as Annexure No.8 to the writ petition) passed by SDM, Kali Nagar, Pilibhit. ii) A writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents authorities to decide the Original Suit No.T201812560500127 of 2018 (Gurendra Singh Vs. Jagjeet Singh and others) being filed under Section 116 of the Revenue Code, 2006 pending before the Respondent no.2 within a time bound period."
3. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that a preliminary decree was passed in proceedings under Section 116 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006. Thereafter, the proceedings were dismissed in default. The petitioner who was the plaintiff filed an application under Order 9 Rule 13 C.P.C. for restoration of the proceedings. The said application has been rejected on the ground that other side has filed a writ petition before this Court in which
order of status quo in a First Appeal From Order has been granted by this Court. Therefore, the application for restoration cannot be proceeded with. The learned counsel for the petitioner contended that mere pendency of a writ petition or an order of status quo have nothing to do with the decision on application under Order 9 Rule
13. Prima facie the contention of learned counsel for the petitioners appears to be correct.
4. Learned Standing Counsel has submitted that since against the
order impugned, the petitioner has a remedy of filing appeal therefore this petition may not be entertained.
5. In view of the same, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter at this stage.
6. The writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to pursue the remedy of filing an appeal against the order rejecting the application under Order 9 Rule 13 C.P.C. The petitioner will also have liberty to raise all the grounds in appeal including the effect of order of status quo passed by this Court.
Order Date :- 15.1.2025 S. Singh (Manish Kumar Nigam, J.) Digitally signed by :- SAVITA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad