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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30425 of 2025 Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for respondent nos.1, 3 & 4 and Sri Raghuvansh Misra, learned counsel for the respondent no.2.
2. The only prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that a direction may be issued to the District Judge, Ghaziabad to decide the Misc. Appeal No.51 of 2025 (Suresh Kumar Vs. Nagar Nigam, Ghaziabad) pending before him under Section 3/5 of U.P. Public Premises Act, 1972 within a time bound period.
3. Learned counsel for the respondents states that no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending and appropriate direction may be issued to Appellate Authority to consider the grievance of the petitioner.
4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without adverting into the merits of the case and with the consent of the parties, the writ petition is disposed off with a direction to District Judge, Ghaziabad to decide the Misc. Appeal No.51 of 2025 (Suresh Kumar Vs. Nagar Nigam, Ghaziabad), under Section 3/5 of U.P. Public Premises Act, 1972 pending before him expeditiously without granting any unnecessary adjournments to Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Akash Tripathi, Ashok Kumar Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Raghuvansh Misra Suresh Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s)
either of the parties.
5. Since the appeal is pending, therefore, in such view of the fact, the interest of the petitioner is liable to be protected. Accordingly, till the appeal is decided by the Appellate Authority, no coercive action shall be taken by the respondents against the petitioner for recovering the amount of penalty. September 11, 2025 Sattyarth WRIC No. 30425 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- SATTYARTH ANAND High Court of Judicature at Allahabad