Allahabad High Court
RAVI SHANKAR @ RAVI TIWARI AND 2 OTHERSversusSETTLEMENT OFFICER CONSOLIDATION AND 13 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA
Holding
The court directed the Settlement Officer to decide the pending objections within three months of service of the order.
Summary
The petitioners, Ravi Shankar @ Ravi Tiwari and two others, filed a writ petition seeking a court direction for the Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Varanasi, to decide pending objections dated 11 June 2026 and 17 June 2025. The petition argued that the objections had remained unresolved for an extended period and that a judicial direction was necessary for expeditious disposal. The State's standing counsel raised no objection to the relief sought. The court, after considering the submissions, held that justice required a timely decision and ordered the Settlement Officer to decide the objections within three months of service of the certified copy of the order. Accordingly, the petition was disposed with the said direction.
Issues considered
- Whether the court can direct the Settlement Officer to decide pending objections within a specified time frame
Subjects
- writ petition
- settlement officer
- pending objections
- expeditious disposal
- court direction
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - B No. - 4257 of 2026
Ravi Shankar @ Ravi Tiwari And 2 Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Settlement Officer Consolidation And 13 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sudeep Dwivedi
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 50
HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J.
Heard Shri Sudeep Dwivedi, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned
Standing Counsel for the State-respondent.
Considering the nature of the order proposed to be passed notice upon the
private respondents is hereby dispensed with.
The limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners is to issue a
direction to decide the objections dated 11.6.2026 and 17.6.2025, stated to
be pending before the respondent No. 1, Settlement Officer of
Consolidation, Varanasi within a time frame fixed by this Court.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that objections filed by the
petitioners are pending consideration since 11.6.2026 and 17.6.2025 and the
purpose of filing the present petition would stand served if appropriate
directions are issued to the respondent No. 1 to consider and decide the
aforesaid objections within a time frame fixed by this Court.
Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the aforesaid proposition.
Considering the totality of the circumstances and submissions advanced by
learned counsel for the petitioners, this Court is of the opinion that ends of
justice would stand sub served if directions are issued for expeditious
disposal of aforesaid case.
Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of by requiring the respondent
No. 1, Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Varanasi seized with the
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objections dated 11.6.2026 and 17.6.2025, to consider and decide the same,
expeditiously, preferably, within a period of three months upon service of
certified copy of the order of this Court, in accordance with law.
(Ashutosh Srivastava,J.)
September 23, 2026
Ravi Prakash
Digitally signed by :-
RAVI PRAKASH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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