Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108378 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6670 of 2025 Petitioner :- Jagdish Lal Respondent :- Rajkumar And 10 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd. Naushad Siddiqui,Sanjay Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed for following relief: "i). issue, order or direction to the learned courts /Additional Judge Small Causes Court, Court No.1 Kanpur Nagar to conclude and decide the Original Suit No.174 of 2013 (Jagdish Lal Vs. Raj Kumar and others) within stipulated period prescribed by this Hon'ble Court." 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the aforementioned suit is pending since 2013 for adjudication. He prayed that the same may be decided expeditiously. 4. No useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending. 5. The present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to the Additional Judge Small Causes Court, Court No.1 Kanpur Nagar to consider and decide the aforementioned suit of the petitioner, 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 ensuring service upon all the respondents, after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and after giving a reasonable opportunity of leading evidence in respect of their case provided that there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 9.7.2025 Priya (Manish Kumar Nigam, J.) Digitally signed by :- PRIYA KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad