Court No. - 7 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 8495 of 2025 Petitioner :- Nagar Nigam Firozabad Respondent :- Satish Chandra Counsel for Petitioner :- Abhinava Krishna Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- Ashish Mishra Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for State. The present writ petition has been filed for mandamus directing the Commercial Court, Gautam Buddha Nagar to decide the application under Section 36 (2) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 within a stipulated period as fixed by this Hon'ble Court. In pursuance of earlier order of this Court, instructions have come, which are taken on record. On the strength of instructions, Mr. Ashish Mishra, learned counsel for the High Court submits that appeal has been filed beyond the period of limitation and on the delay condonation application notices have been issued and pleadings have been exchanged and now a date has been fixed for 10.9.2025. No useful purpose would be served by keeping this petition pending in view of the order, which the Court proposes to pass hereunder. Without entering into the controversy involved in the writ petition, the writ petition is disposed of with direction to the Commercial Court to decide the application under Section 36 (2) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, expeditiously, after hearing the parties concerned, in accordance with law provided there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 20.8.2025 Rahul Dwivedi/- Digitally signed by :- RAHUL DWIVEDI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad