Court No. - 42
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 23389 of 2021 Petitioner :- Smt. Keshawati Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 19 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajay Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Azad Rai
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents and perused the record.
Present petition has been filed with following prayers:-
"Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the court of Sub Divisional Magistrate Poolpur, Prayagraj to make necessary effort for expeditious disposal of the case, the case no. 177 of 2020 (Smt. Keshawati Devi Vs. Hari Nath) under Section 116 of U.P. Revenue Code- 2006, for division of holding pending before him as early as possible to make ends of justice."
In the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is finally disposed of with the direction to the respondent no. 2, Sub Divisional Magistrate Poolpur, Prayagraj to expedite the hearing of the aforesaid case and decide the same on its own merit, in accordance with law, expeditiously preferably within a period of nine months from the date of production of self- attested copy of this order, which may be verified from the official website of this Court, provided there is no legal impediment and provided the functioning of the authority concerned is not affected due to any reason related to Covid-19 Pandemic as well as the lawyers are not abstaining from the work.
It is further provided that the dates on which the lawyers are abstaining from work shall be treated to be excluded from the period within which the proceedings are directed to be completed and in case the petitioners appear in person, the authority concerned shall proceed to conclude the proceedings.
With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the present petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 21.9.2021/Aditya