Sone Lal v. Additional Commissioner Prayagraj 20 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Expeditious disposal direction; time-bound mandate; six-month outer limit; Rule 183(4) U.P. Revenue Code Rules, 2016; appeal under section 24(4) U.P. Revenue Code, 2006; Appeal No. 1047 of 2023 / C202302000001047; Shiv Kumar vs. Sone Lal; Additional Commissioner (Second) Prayagraj Mandal, Prayagraj; appeal pending since 2023; reasons to be recorded for delay; writ disposed with consent of parties; notice dispensed to respondent Nos. 3-21; adjournments only in exceptional circumstances; reasoned order on merits after hearing; Allahabad High Court, single judge (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J.), decided 23.4.2025.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Additional Commissioner (Second), Prayagraj Mandal, Prayagraj (respondent No. 1) to decide Appeal No. 1047 of 2023 (computerized case No. C202302000001047, Shiv Kumar vs. Sone Lal and other) under section 24(4) of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 strictly in accordance with law, by a reasoned order on merits after hearing the parties, expeditiously and preferably within six months from receipt of a certified copy of the order unless legally impeded; adjournments to either party only in exceptional circumstances.