HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 13861 of 2026 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J. 1. This is defendant's petition. 2. The suit filed by plaintiff-respondent was decreed ex-parte against which an application under Order IX Rule 13 CPC has been moved by defendant- petitioner, which is pending consideration. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is for expeditious disposal of the application under Order IX Rule 13 CPC. 3. As no useful purpose would be served in keeping the matter pending, the writ petition is being disposed of, at the admission stage, without calling for counter affidavit or issuing notice to private respondents, with a direction upon court concerned to decide the application under Order IX Rule 13 CPC registered as Misc. Case No. 242 of 2023 filed in Original Suit No. 739 of 2017, in accordance with law, after hearing all affected parties, preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. 4. With the aforesaid directions, writ petition stands disposed of. 5. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the matter on merits. October 1, 2026 (V. S. SINGH) Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Misra, Akshay Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : (Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.) Satendra Nath And Another .....Petitioner(s) Bhagwan Das .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- VIDYA SAGAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad