Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:135290 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 8848 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dataram Respondent :- Divisional Forest Officer Etah And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Akshay Gupta,Brijesh Kumar Verma,Chandra Prakash Pal Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard Sri Yashraj Singh Gaur, Advocate holding brief of Sri Akshay Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and perused the record. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed for following relief: "I. To expedite the suit no. 3480/2013 (Dataram vs. D.F.O. Etha and another) before the civil Judge (J.D.) Court no.23 Etah within stipulated period." 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the aforementioned case is pending before the Civil Judge (J.D.) Court no.23, Etah 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 Civil Judge (J.D.) Court no.23 Etah to consider and decide the aforementioned case of the petitioner, 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 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 :- 11.8.2025 S. Singh (Manish Kumar Nigam, J.) Digitally signed by :- SAVITA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad