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Allahabad High Court

TEJ PRATAP YADAVversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The Court directs the respondent to decide the pending case within three months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order.

Summary

Petitioner Tej Pratap Yadav filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction to the second respondent to decide a computerized case (Hariram v. Sri Ram, No. T201605310203568 of 2007) pending under Section 34 of the Uttar Pradesh Zila Adalat & Land Revenue Act, 1950. The petitioner alleged that the case had been pending since 2007 and was being deliberately delayed by the opposite parties. The Court examined the petition and noted the undue delay in adjudicating the matter. It directed the respondent to pass an appropriate order after hearing the parties, within three months of the certified copy of the order. The direction aims to ensure timely disposal of the pending case in accordance with law.

Issues considered

  • Whether the respondent should be directed to decide the pending case under Section 34 of the U.P. Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950 within a stipulated time.

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • judicial delay
  • Section 34
  • U.P. Zila Adalat & Land Revenue Act
  • pending case
  • direction to decide

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                            WRIT - C No. - 39964 of 2026

                                    Tej Pratap Yadav
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                      Versus

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

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)      : Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Subedar
                                                                     Shukla
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)      : C.S.C., Sudhir Bharti

                                    Court No. - 51
                                                         HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J.

                                    1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel
                                    for the respondents State. Sri Bhupendra Kumar Tripathi has accepted
                                    notice on behalf of Gaon Sabha.

                                    2. The present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the
                                    respondent no.2 to decide the Computerized Case No.T201605310203568
                                    of 2007 (Hariram Vs. Sri Ram) under Section 34 of the U.P.Z.A.& L.R.
                                    Act, 1950, within a stipulated time as fixed by this Court.

                                    3. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the proceeding
                                    of the aforesaid case under Section 34 of the Act is pending consideration
                                    before the respondent no.2 since the year 2007 and the matter is being
                                    lingered on at the behest of the opposite parties.

                                    4. In view of the aforesaid, this writ petition stands disposed of with a
                                    direction upon the respondent no.2 to decide the pending case, as noticed
                                    above, by passing appropriate order, in accordance with law, after
                                    affording opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, within a period
                                    of three months from the date of presentation of certified copy of this
                                    order.



                                                                                             (Arun Kumar,J.)
                                    October 1, 2026
                                    Anil




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ANIL KUMAR PATEL
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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