Allahabad High Court

ANIL KUMAR PRAJAPATIversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS

Decided: 13 September 2026
Bench: SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY

Holding

The Court directed that the pending second appeal and any other pending appeals be decided expeditiously in a chronological manner.

Summary

The petitioner, Anil Kumar Prajapati, filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court seeking an order that his second appeal dated 15-12-2025, pending before the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, be decided expeditiously. The petition also requested that any other pending appeals be disposed of promptly. The Court, after hearing counsel for both sides, observed that the respondent authorities must decide the pending appeals in a chronological and speedy manner as per law. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of with a directive to the respondents to expedite the disposal of the petitioner’s appeal and any other pending appeals. No substantive discussion on merits of the appeal was made; the order was purely procedural.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can direct the administrative authority to decide pending appeals expeditiously.

Subjects

writ petition
expeditious disposal
second appeal
administrative law
High Court of Allahabad
social welfare department

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                               WRIT - C No. - 36514 of 2026

                                    Anil Kumar Prajapati
                                                                                                    .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                          Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 4 Others
                                                                                                  .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)           : Deepak     Prajapati,   Suresh     Kumar
                                                                          Maurya
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)           : C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 36
                                               HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.

                                    1. Heard Sri Suresh Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri

                                    Shyam Singh, learned Standing Counsel for State-Respondents.


                                    2. Petitioner has approached this Court that his second appeal dated

                                    15.12.2025       pending   before    Principal   Secretary,   Social    Welfare

                                    Department, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, be decided expeditiously.


                                    3. In aforesaid circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with an

                                    observation that not only the petitioner’s aforesaid appeal but other

                                    appeals also, if pending, be decided by concerned respondent

                                    expeditiously in accordance with law in a chronological manner.


                                                                                   (Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.)
                                    September 14, 2026
                                    AK




Digitally signed by :-
AWADESH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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