Court No. - 42
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 23383 of 2021 Petitioner :- Purushottam Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vikash Chandra Tiwari,Ravi Kumar Shukla 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.
Sri Azad Rai, learned counsel has accepted notice on behalf of the Gaon Sabha.
Present petition has been filed with following prayers:-
"Issue a writ, order or direction to the concern respondent authority to decide the case No. 55T201702323027356 of 2017 (Purshottam Versus Ram Abhilash and others) under Section 116 revenue code Mauja Lakhrawan pargana Sikandra, tehsil phoolpur Allahabad, pending before the Sub District Magistrate Phoolpur District Prayagraj, within some specific period."
In the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is finally disposed of with the direction to the respondent no. 2, Sub District Magistrate Tehsil Phoolpur, District- Allahabad 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