HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 38489 of 2026 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition has been filed seeking expeditious disposal of stay application dated 18.02.2025 filed by the petitioner in Appeal No. 553 of 2025 (Computerized Case No. T202516660300553). 2. The order sheet indicates that the appeal along with stay application was filed in February-March, 2025. Thereafter, on most of the dates, lawyers remained on strike and on remaining dates, either the Presiding Officer was busy in administrative work or the matter remained posted for consideration of substitution application. 3. Substitution application having been allowed on 15.06.2026, whereafter again the lawyers have gone on strike and/or the Presiding Officer was busy in other administrative work, the stay application is not being decided. 4. A litigant cannot suffer on account of strike by lawyers or non- availability of the officer concerned. 5. The petition is disposed of directing the Sub-Divisional Officer concerned to positively decide the stay application within a period of one month from the date a copy of this order is produced before it strictly in accordance with law. 6. In case the lawyers remain on strike, the officer concerned shall permit the appellant-petitioner to appear in person and argue the matter and Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Satya Prakash Shukla, Shivam Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pradeep Singh Vinod Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 17 Others .....Respondent(s) based upon the record position, the application shall be decided, as directed above. September 23, 2026 AKShukla/- WRIC No. 38489 of 2026 2 (Kshitij Shailendra,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANIL KUMAR SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad