Raj Narain Pathak and 12 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Sub . Divisional Officer Distt. Sultanpur and 9 Others
Writ jurisdiction (Article 227) – expeditious disposal
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 7), MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 337 of 2024, decided 23.1.2024 by Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania, J.; Neutral Citation 2024:AHC-LKO:6247. Petitioner Raj Narain Pathak and 12 others sought expeditious disposal of Case No. 36/21/75/41 under Section 176 Z.A. Act (Rampalat and others Vs. Devi Prasad and others), a division-of-holdings suit for village Vijethua, Tehsil Kadipur, District Sultanpur, pending since 1987. Petition disposed of; Sub Divisional Officer, Kadipur directed to decide the case within six months from the next date fixed, with full opportunity of hearing and no unnecessary adjournments; no merits examined. Keywords: Article 227, expeditious disposal, Section 176 Z.A. Act, Sub-Divisional Officer Kadipur, Sultanpur, six-month timeline, adjournment, division of holdings.
What did the court decide?
Direction to opposite party no.1/Sub Divisional Officer, Kadipur, District Sultanpur to decide pending Case No. 36/21/75/41 under Section 176 Z.A. Act most expeditiously, preferably within six months from the next date fixed, after affording full opportunity of hearing and without unnecessary adjournments; issuance of notice to the private respondents dispensed with.