Ram Bahor v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Revenue, Lucknow and 4 Others

Court No. - 6 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6481 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ram Bahor Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue, Lucknow And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vijay Kumar,Akhilesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajnish Kumar,J.

¶1On an objection raised by learned Standing counsel that the State of U.P. has wrongly been impleaded in this petition, Sri Vijay Kumar learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be permitted to delete the State of U.P. and renumber the rest of the parties. To which, there is no objection by the other side.

¶2In view of the above, learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to delete State of U.P. and renumber the rest of the parties during the course of the day.

¶3Considering the nature of the order proposed to be passed in this petition, the issuance of notice to the opposite parties is dispensed with.

¶4By means of the present petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- "Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to:- I. Direct the Court below i.e. Civil Judge, (Junior Division) Sadar, Pratapgarh to decide the Civil Suit for permanent injunction bearing suit no.176 of 2014, Ram Bahor vs Chandrika Prasad Shukla and others, pending since 24.03.2014 in the court of Civil Judge, (Junior Division), Sadar, Pratapgarh, within stipulated period as fixed by this Court. II. Issue any other direction or order as this Hon'ble court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case in the favour of the petitioner. III. Award the cost of the petition in favour of the petitioner."

¶5This court on administrative side has already issued directions to the court below for zero pendency of cases, which are more than five years old. In view of directions already issued on administrative side, this court is not inclined to pass any further order on judicial side.

¶6However, it is always open for the petitioner to move appropriate application before the court before which the matter is pending for expeditious hearing and disposal. In case any such application is moved within a week from today the same shall be considered and disposed of within two weeks thereafter and endeavour shall be made to decide the Suit within a time frame.

¶7With the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of. (Rajnish Kumar,J.) Order Date :- 22.12.2023 Harshita High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench