WRIT - B No. 4933 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - B No. - 4933 of 2025 Sarvajeet Lal .....Petitioner(s) Versus Settlement Officer Of Consolidation District Ballia And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ramesh Chandra Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 54 HON'BLE DINESH PATHAK, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel and perused the record. 2. The petitioner has invoked the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for the following relief:- "i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent no. 2 Additional Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Ballia to decide the Appeal No. 2008541509000016 (Sarvajeet Lat Vs. Uttam Chand and others, under 11(1) of U.P.C.H. Act within stipulated period fixed by this Hon'ble Court which is pending before him." 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the appeal is pending since 2009, despite the fact that the opposite parties have already appeared and the case is ready for final adjudication. 4. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection, in case, a direction is i