Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108956 Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 21410 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kanhaiya Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Asim Kumar Singh,Krishna Kant Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pradeep Singh,Pushkar Kushwaha Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. This writ petition has been filed with the following prayer: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.2 to decide the stay application dated 09.06.2025 pending in the Appeal No. 128 of 2025 (Kanhaiya Vs. Gaon Sabha-Farhada and others), pending before the respondent no.2, at expeditiously and till the disposal of the stay application parties be directed to maintain status quo regarding the property in dispute i.e. 33 sqr.meter forming part of Arazi no. 148 total area whereof is 0.173 hectares, Village Farhada, Pargana-Bhagawat, Tehsil Chunar, District-Mirzapur." It is contended that an stay application dated 09.06.2025 filed in Appeal No.128 of 2025 is pending consideration before respondent no.2- Collector, Mirzapur. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is to expedite the said application. As no useful purpose would be served in keeping the matter pending, the writ petition is being disposed of, at the admission stage, without calling for counter affidavit, with a direction upon respondent no.2-Collector, Mirzapur to decide the stay application dated 09.06.2025 filed Appeal No.128 of 2025 under section- 67 (5) U.P. Revenue Code 2006, in accordance with law, after hearing all affected parties, preferably within a period of two months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the aforesaid direction, present writ petition stands disposed of. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the case on merit. Order Date :- 9.7.2025 SK Goswami Digitally signed by :- SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad