Court No. - 7
Case :- WRIT - B No. - 2415 of 2021 Petitioner :- Adalat Respondent :- State Of U P And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Umesh Kumar Vishwakarma,Dilendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Dinesh Pathak,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the State.
Present writ petition has been filed beseeching expeditious disposal of Appeal No. 1154/1275 of 2017 (Suresh and others vs. Gopi and others), under Section 11(i) of U.P. C.H. Act, pending in the court of Settlement Officer of Consolidation (respondent no. 2).
It is submitted that the respondent nos. 3 to 6 have preferred appeal dated 15.11.2017 challenging the order dated 26.07.1985 passed by the Consolidation Officer in the proceeding under Section 9A(2) of U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act. It is further submitted that the aforesaid appeal is pending protracted despite the fact that the present petitioner (respondent in the appeal) has already appeared and filed his objection.
Learned Standing Counsel states that he has no objection in case the aforesaid case is directed to be decided within a stipulated period fixed by this Court.
In this conspectus as above, no useful purpose would be served to keep this matter pending, therefore, this court deems it appropriate to finally dispose of the present writ petition, without making any observation on the merits of the case as mentioned in the present writ petition, with a direction to the Settlement Officer of Consolidation (Respondent No. 2), before whom the appeal is pending, to decide the same in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.
It is expected that it should be decided by reasoned and speaking order, in accordance with law, after affording opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned without granting unnecessary adjournments.
With the aforesaid direction, present writ petition is disposed of.
Order Date :- 24.12.2021 Pkb/