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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - B No. - 3847 of 2025 Court No. - 55 HON'BLE CHANDRA KUMAR RAI, J.
1. Heard Sri Diwakar Prasad Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Anil Kumar Srivastava, learned standing counsel for the state-respondents.
2. The instant writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus, commanding respondent no.2/Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Bijnor to decide appeal of the private respondents bearing Case No.114/2025 (Computerized Case No.202554131600000114) and Appeal No.265 of 2025, under Section 11(1) of the U.P. C.H. Act, Rajesh Kumar Others vs. Deendayal and Others, within the stipulated time.
3. Counsel for the petitioner states that title appeal filed on behalf of the private respondents is pending before the respondent no.2/Settlement Officer of Consolidation since 5.3.2025. He placed the certified copy of the grounds of appeal as well as the certified copy of the order sheet of the pending proceeding, in order to demonstrate that the case is not proceeding expeditiously.
4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent no.2/Settlement Officer of Consolidation to decide the aforesaid proceedings to its logical conclusion, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 4 months, from the date of production of a certified copy of this order before the authority concerned, after affording proper opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, in accordance with law. October 13, 2025 C.Prakash Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Diwakar Prasad Tiwari, Ramesh Chandra Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. (Chandra Kumar Rai,J.) Naresh Kumar Sharma .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- CHANDRA PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad