Ram Roop and 2 Others v. Settlement Officer Consolidation, Barabanki and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Article 227 petition; expedited disposal of restoration application; Case No.399/2024 (Santram v. Surendra and others); Settlement Officer Consolidation, Barabanki; consolidation matter; delay due to Bar abstention from judicial work; undertaking against unnecessary adjournments; no merits examined; notice to private-respondents No.2 to 5 dispensed with; petition disposed of; Jaspreet Singh, J.; Lucknow Bench; order date 20.2.2025; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:10968; counsel Desh Deepak Verma (petitioner), C.S.C. (respondent).
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.1 (Settlement Officer Consolidation, Barabanki) to consider and decide the pending restoration application in Case No.399/2024 (Santram v. Surendra and others) most expeditiously, affording full opportunity of hearing without unnecessary adjournments; conditional upon the petitioners furnishing an undertaking not to seek unnecessary adjournments, failing which they lose the benefit of the order.