The Patna High Court directed the District Magistrate/Appellate Authority to dispose of the petitioner's pending appeal within sixty days, warning of serious consequences for delays.
Directive to dispose of the appeal within sixty days on pain of serious consequences.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11146 of 2022
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Madhuri Devi W/o Braj Kishore Singh, Resident of Village - Bishanpur, Gram Panchayat - Paharpur, P.S. - Mahnar, District - Vaishali.
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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dhananjaya Nath Tiwari, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. S. Raza Ahmad (AAG-5) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR)
Date : 20-01-2023
Heard Mr. Dhananjay Nath Tiwari, learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
We are constrained to observe that even though we had directed on 22.02.2022 in C.W.J.C. No. 21354 of 2021 to dispose of the appeal within a period of sixty days, the appeal preferred by the petitioner has not yet been decided even after passage of ten months of filing the same.
We direct the District Magistrate/Appellate Authority concerned to dispose of the appeal positively within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt/production of a
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copy of this order, failing which this Court shall take a serious
view of the matter.
The petition stands disposed of accordingly.
(Ashutosh Kumar, J)
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the concerned authority can be directed to dispose of the pending appeal within 60 days to prevent unnecessary delay.
Madhuri Devi W/o Braj Kishore Singh
The State of Bihar
Ashutosh Kumar
Satyavrat Verma
As recorded by the court registry
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