Allahabad High Court
ZAKIR ALIversusTHE BOARD OF REVENUE U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- ARUN KUMAR
Holding
The court directed the Board of Revenue to consider and dispose of the stay application within two months and the revision within four months.
Summary
The petitioner, Zakir Ali, filed a writ petition seeking a court direction to the Board of Revenue, Uttar Pradesh, to decide Revision No.1774 of 2024 and a pending stay application concerning a land dispute. The petitioner alleged that the revision had been pending since 2024, with no admission or consideration of the stay, and that repeated adjournments were causing prejudice. The court noted the urgency and the respondents’ failure to act within a reasonable time. It ordered the respondent to hear and pass orders on the stay application within two months of the certified copy of the order, and to decide the revision itself within four months thereafter. The petition was disposed with these directions, emphasizing compliance with law and opportunity of hearing.
Issues considered
- Whether the Board of Revenue should be directed to decide the pending revision and stay application within a specified time frame due to undue delay.
Subjects
- writ petition
- revision
- stay application
- delay
- direction
- high court
- land dispute
- urgency
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - B No. - 4173 of 2026
Zakir Ali
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
The Board Of Revenue U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Dr.Om Prakash Yadav
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 51
HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for
the respondents State.
2. The present writ petition has been filed for a direction upon respondent
no.1 to decide the Revision No.1774 of 2024, within a time frame as fixed
by this Court.
3. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the revision filed
by petitioner before respondent no.1 is pending consideration since 2024.
More than two years have passed but neither the revision has been admitted
nor the stay application has been considered. The contesting respondents
have put in appearance. The matter is being listed for final disposal but the
adjournments are being granted without any justifiable reasons. As the
respondents in revision are creating third party interest in the land in dispute,
the consideration of the stay application is urgent.
4. Considering the urgency in the matter, this writ petition stands disposed
of with a direction upon the respondent no.1 to consider and pass necessary
orders on the stay application filed alongwith the aforesaid revision, in
accordance with law, after affording opportunity of hearing to the parties
concerned, within a period of two months from the date of presentation of
certified copy of this order. The respondent no.1 shall also ensure that the
revision itself is decided, in accordance with law, within a further period of
four months, thereafter.
September 18, 2026
Anil
(Arun Kumar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ANIL KUMAR PATEL
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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