Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:141793 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 9281 of 2025 Petitioner :- Maina Devi And 2 Others Respondent :- Ballu And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Yatharth Srivastava Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the record. 2. The present petition has been filed for the following relief: "I) Issue an order or direction commanding the Village Court Tehsil Madihan Mirzapur to final decide and dispose of the case no. 267/2014 (Maina Devi and others vs Ballu and other) District Mirzapur pending before him expeditiously and preferably within a period as specified by this Hon'ble Court." 3. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the suit is pending since 2014 and he prayed that the same may be decided expeditiously. 4. From perusal of the order sheet, annexed as Annexure No. 2 to the petition, it appears that several dates have been fixed by the Court concerned, however, till date, the aforesaid suit has not been decided. 5. No useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to Tehsil Madihan Mirzapur to decide the aforesaid suit, 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 hearing all the concerned parties and giving a reasonable opportunity of leading evidence in respect of their case provided there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 20.8.2025 Nitika Sri. (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- NITIKA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad