Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:116429 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 7300 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mahendra Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Manvendra Nath Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. 2. The present petition has been filed for the following relief: "i) To exercise it powers of superintendence as enshrined under Article 227 of the constitution of India to direct the Additional Civil Judge (Jr. Division), Court No.3, Etawah to decide Original Suit No. 84 of 2014 (Mahendra Singh Vs. State of U.P. and others) within a stipulated period as fixed by this Hon'ble Court preferably within period of 3 months, after giving opportunity of hearing to both side in accordance with law; ii) To exercise it powers of superintendence as enshrined under Article 227 of the constitution of India to restrain the respondents from interfering in the peaceful possession of petitioner over the land in dispute during the pendency of Suit before the Court below;" 3. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the suit is pending since 2014 and he prayed that the same may be decided expeditiously. 4. From perusal of the order sheet, annexed as Annexure No. 2 to the petition, it appears that several dates have been fixed by the Court concerned, however, till date, the aforesaid suit has not been decided. 5. No useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to Additional Civil Judge (Jr. Division), Court No.3, Etawah, to decide the aforesaid suit, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably, within a period of eighteen months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, after hearing all the concerned parties and giving a reasonable opportunity of leading evidence in respect of their case provided there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 18.7.2025/Nitika Sri. (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- NITIKA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad