Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:130940 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 8424 of 2025 Petitioner :- Jitendra Kumar Respondent :- Shiv Shankar Lal Pandey (Since Deceased) And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Tinku Singh,Vijay Singh Gour Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. 2. This petition has been filed for following relief: "Order or direction by directing the learned Civil Judge (S.D.) Kanpur Nagar to dispose of the pending civil suit being case no. 1497 of 2016 (Jitendra Kumar Vs Shiv Shanker Lal Pandey) as expeditiously as possible (Annexure no. 1)." 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the suit is pending since 2016. It is further submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that several dates have been fixed but the same has not been decided yet. He prayed that the same may be decided expeditiously. 4. No useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending. 5. Accordingly, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to the Civil Judge (S.D.) Kanpur Nagar to consider and decide the aforesaid case, 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 parties concerned and after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned as well as opportunity to lead evidence in support of their case and without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties provided that there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 5.8.2025 Ved Prakash (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- VED PRAKASH SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad