WRIT - B No. 941 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:36156 Court No. - 50 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 941 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ramanand Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pradeep Singh Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai,J. 1. Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ashok Kumar Sonkar, learned standing counsel for the state-respondents and Sri Pradeep Singh, learned counsel for the respondent-gaon sabha. 2. The instant petition has been filed for the following reliefs:- (i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondent no.2 to decide the stay application filed by petitioner in Revision No.5396 of 2024 (Ramanand vs. Gaon Sabha and another) within stipulated period as directed by this Hon'ble Court. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, directing the parties concerned to maintain status quo in land in dispute during the pendency of revision before respondent no.2." 3. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the proceeding under Section 28 of the U.P. Land Revenue Act, initiated at the instance of the petitioner, was decided in arbitrary