Court No. - 4
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 26644 of 2020 Petitioner :- Shiv Prasad Respondent :- State Of U P And 7 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Babu Ram Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sunil Kumar Singh
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents and perused the record.
Present petition has been filed with a prayer that the Court below i.e. respondent no. 3 Sub Divisional Officer, Phulpur, Prayagraj be directed to expedite the hearing and decide the Suit under Section 229-B, UP ZA & LR Act (Shiv Prasad vs. Maladhari and others) within a time bound period.
In the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is finally disposed of with the direction to the respondent no. 3 Sub Divisional Officer, Phulpur, 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 one year from the date of production of a self verified copy of this order and no unnecessary adjournments shall be granted to the parties provided there is no legal impediment as well as the functioning of the court is not affected by any reason related to COVID-19 Pandemic.
With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the present petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 8.1.2021 Abhishek