Court No. - 42
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 24319 of 2021 Petitioner :- Sugreem @ Sugriv Sahani Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 7 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Balram Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents.
Present petition has been filed seeking direction to the respondent no. 2 to decide Case No. T202117650203740 (Sugreem vs. Anil Devi Chaudhary and others), under Section 12-C of Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, within stipulated period.
In view of the settled law that the election petition itself is liable to be decided at the earliest, it is directed that the respondent no. 2 shall decide the election petition itself preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of a self attested copy of this order, which may be verified from the official website of this Court provided lawyers are not abstaining from work, functioning of the court is not affected due to COVID-19 Pandemic and there is no other legal impediment.
With the aforesaid observations, present petition stands disposed of.
Order Date :- 27.9.2021 Abhishek