Allahabad High Court
SRIKANT TRIPATHI AND 2 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 9 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- ANISH KUMAR GUPTA
Holding
The Court directed the Board of Revenue, Allahabad to decide the pending second appeal expeditiously, preferably within six months.
Summary
The petitioners filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the Board of Revenue, Allahabad to decide a second appeal (No. 1222 of 2015) that had been pending for eleven years. The petition alleged that the delay violated their right to timely justice. The State did not oppose the prayer. The Court, without examining the merits of the underlying appeal, exercised its supervisory jurisdiction and ordered the Board to dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible, preferably within six months of receiving a certified copy of the order, subject to any legal impediment. The petition was disposed of with the said direction. The order was dated September 8, 2026.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can issue a mandamus directing the Board of Revenue to decide a pending second appeal within a specified time frame.
Subjects
- writ of mandamus
- expeditious disposal
- administrative law
- second appeal
- Board of Revenue
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - B No. - 3912 of 2026
Srikant Tripathi And 2 Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 9 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Upendra Kumar Pandey
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 34
(SN.12) (Transfer from Court No. 51)
HON'BLE ANISH KUMAR GUPTA, J.
1. Heard Sri Upendra Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioners
and Sri Muneshwar Singh, learned Standing Counsel for the State.
2. The instant petition has been filed with the following prayers:
"i. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus
directing the respondent No.2, Board of Revenue
Prayagraj/Allahabad to decide the second appeal No.1222 of
2015 Computerized No.A (20150203001222) Samar Singh and
others Versus Srikant and others.
ii. Issue any other suitable writ, order or direction which this
Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and
circumstances of the case, so as secure the ends of justice or
else, the petitioner shall suffer irreparably."
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the proceedings under
Second Appeal No. 1222 of 2015 (Samar Singh and Ors. vs. Srikant and
Ors.) is pending before the Board of Revenue, Allahabad, since 2015
since last 11 years and has not yet been decided. In such view of the
matter, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks direction for expeditious
disposal of the said Second Appeal in a time-bound manner.
4. Learned Standing Counsel for the State do not have any objection to
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the prayer so made by learned counsel for the petitioner.
5. In such view of the matter, without adverting to the merits of the case
of the petitioner the instant petition is disposed of with a direction to the
Board of Revenue, Allahabad, to proceed in the aforesaid Second Appeal
as expeditiously as possible and decide the same preferably within a
period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of this
order, if there is no other legal impediment.
(Anish Kumar Gupta,J.)
September 8, 2026
Shubham Arya
Digitally signed by :-
SHUBHAM ARYA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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