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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:138729 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 9076 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shambhunath Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Omkar Nath Rai Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. 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:
"A order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the Civil Judge (Junior Division) Ghazipur, to consider and decide the Case No. 348/2019 (Shambhunath Pandey Versus State of U.P. and others) file by petitioner, within stipulated period so fixed by this Hon'ble Court."
3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the suit is pending since 2019. 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 (Junior Division) Ghazipur to consider and decide the aforesaid case, in accordance with law, expeditiously, 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 :- 14.8.2025 Ved Prakash (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- VED PRAKASH SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad