Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:110252 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6441 of 2025 Petitioner :- Gorakh Nath Rai Respondent :- Uma Shankar Rai And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anurag Rai,Anurag Tiwari,Aradhana Rai Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. 2. This petition has been filed for directing the Additional Chief Judge (Junior Division) 07, District Ghazipur to decide the Original Suit No. 23 of 2002 (Uma Shankar Rai and others vs. Munni Lal and others), within a fix period prescribed by this Hon'ble Court. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the suit is pending since 2002. It is further submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that several dates have been fixed but the same has not been decided yet. He prayed that the same may be decided expeditiously. 4. No useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending. 5. Accordingly, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to the Additional Chief Judge (Junior Division) 07, District Ghazipur to consider and decide the aforesaid case, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of one year from the date of production of a certified copy of this order after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned as well as opportunity to lead evidence in support of their case and without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties provided that there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 Ved Prakash (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- VED PRAKASH SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad