Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:122414 Court No. - 50 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 2829 of 2025 Petitioner :- Krishna Prasad Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dharmendra Kumar Tripathi,Praveen Chandra Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Shri Dharmendra Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the order dated 07.05.2025 passed by the Consolidation Officer was carried in appeal before the appellate authority. The appeal was accompanied by stay application. Neither appeal nor the stay application has been decided. The respondents are changing the nature of the property with a view to render the appeal infructuous. In wake of the aforesaid submissions the matter is remitted to the Settlement Officer Consolidation/appellate authority with the following directions: I. The Settlement Officer Consolidation shall decide the stay application in accordance with law by a reasoned order after hearing all necessary parties within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. II. The status quo between the parties shall be maintained for two months/ till decision on the stay application. III. Settlement Officer Consolidation shall not be influenced by any observation made in this order or interim relief granted by this Court and shall decide the stay application independently. IV. Chief Standing Counsel shall forthwith communicate this order to the Settlement Officer Consolidation, Kaushambi. With the aforesaid observations the writ petition is disposed of finally. Order Date :- 25.7.2025 Dhananjai Digitally signed by :- DHANANJAI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad