Anand Singh vs Additional Commissioner, Admin… — Writ and Judicial Review | Allahabad HC (2026)

Anand Singh vs Additional Commissioner, Admin… — Writ and Judicial Review | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to respondent No. 1 - Additional Commissioner (Admin), Ayodhya Division, Ayodhya - to consider and decide the interim relief application dated 08.10.2025 in Revision No. 3216 of 2025, U/S 210 U.P. Revenue Code, expeditiously, within three weeks from the date the report regarding sufficiency of service on the respondents is received; liberty to the petitioner to press for ad interim relief if any legal impediment arises.

Issue for consideration

Whether respondent No. 1 (Additional Commissioner, Admin, Ayodhya Division, Ayodhya) should be directed to decide the interim relief application dated 08.10.2025 in Revision No. 3216 of 2025, U/S 210 U.P. Revenue Code, expeditiously.

Court's answer

Without entering into the merits, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 1 to consider and decide the interim relief application dated 08.10.2025 in Revision No. 3216 of 2025, U/S 210 U.P. Revenue Code, expeditiously.

Ratio / Principle

In view of the order proposed to be passed, the requirement of issuance of notice to the private respondents is dispensed with.

Key takeaways

The decision is to be rendered within a period of three weeks from the date the report regarding sufficiency of service on the respondents is received.ratio¶19
If there is some legal impediment, it shall be open to the petitioner to press for grant of ad interim relief in case the case is so made out.ratio¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Article 227 petition (Matters Under Article 227 No. 22 of 2026) by Anand Singh seeking expeditious decision of his interim relief application dated 08.10.2025 in Revision No. 3216 of 2025, U/S 210 U.P. Revenue Code (Shakuntala and others Vs. Vijay Kumar Singh and others), pending before the Additional Commissioner (Admin), Ayodhya Division. Held: notice to private respondents dispensed with; writ petition disposed of without entering into merits, directing respondent No. 1 to consider and decide the interim relief application expeditiously, within three weeks from receipt of the report on sufficiency of service on respondents; petitioner free to press for ad interim relief if any legal impediment arises. (Alok Mathur, J.; January 9, 2026)

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 22 of 2026

Anand Singh

.....Petitioner(s)

Versus

Additional Commissioner, Admin, Ayodhya Division, Ayodhya And Others

vson, yoya n ers	.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Dinesh Kumar Srivastava
Counsel for Respondent(s)	: C.S.C., Mohan Singh

Court No. - 5

HON'BLE ALOK MATHUR, J.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents.

In view of the order proposed to be passed, requirement of issuance of notice to private respondents are hereby dispensed with.

Instant petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for direction to respondent No. 1 to decide the interim relief application dated 08.10.2025 in Revision No. 3216 of 2025, U/S 210 U.P. Revenue Code (Shakuntala and others Vs. Vijay Kumar Singh and others) expeditiously.

It is urged that though the matter is being listed but for one reason or the other, the aforesaid case is not being decided.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that grievance of the petition would be sufficiently met in case respondent no. 1 considers and decides the aforesaid case in the time bound manner.

Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the aforesaid prayer.

Accordingly, considering the facts and circumstances of the case and prayer made by learned counsel for petitioner, without entering into the merits, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.

A227 No. 22 of 2026

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1 - Additional Commissioner (Admin) Ayodhya Division, Ayodhya to consider and decide interim relief application dated 08.10.2025 in Revision No. 3216 of 2025, U/S 210 U.P. Revenue Code (Shakuntala and others Vs. Vijay Kumar Singh and others) expeditiously, say, within a period of three weeks from the date, report regarding sufficiency of service is received with regard to the service on respondents and in case there is some legal impediment, it shall also be open for the petitioner to press for grant of ad interim relief in case the case is so made out.

(Alok Mathur,J.)

January 9, 2026 Ravi/

Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench