HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 40058 of 2026 Court No. - 38 HON'BLE VINOD DIWAKAR, J. 1. Heard Ms. Tanisha Jahangir Monir, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and perused the record. 2. The present petition has been preferred seeking a direction to the State authorities restraining them from making any recovery or taking any coercive steps against the petitioners in pursuance of the order dated 11.01.2024 passed by the Additional District Magistrate, Aligarh, respondent no. 2, till the disposal of Stamp Appeal No. 578 of 2024, titled as Sanjay Kumar Sharma v. District Magistrate, Aligarh, pending before the Board of Revenue. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the aforesaid appeal has been pending since the year 2024 and that one-third of the impugned amount has already been deposited before the appellate court. It is further submitted that despite the pendency of the appeal, neither any effective hearing has been afforded to the petitioners nor their grievances have been redressed. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and without entering into the merits of the controversy, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the Board of Revenue, Allahabad to consider and decide Stamp Appeal No. 578 of 2024, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. 5. It is further provided that, during the pendency of the aforesaid appeal, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioners pursuant to the order Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Himanshu Kumar, Tanisha Jahangir Monir Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Sanjay Kumar Sharma And Another .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) dated 11.01.2024 passed by the Additional District Magistrate, Aligarh, and the recovery pursuant thereto shall remain in abeyance. October 1, 2026 Anil K. Sharma WRIC No. 40058 of 2026 2 (Vinod Diwakar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANIL KUMAR SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad