Natthi Lal Saini And Another vs Lal Singh And 4 Others
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Allahabad High Court

Natthi Lal Saini And Another vs Lal Singh And 4 Others on 11 November, 2024

Author: Rohit Ranjan Agarwal

Bench: Rohit Ranjan Agarwal

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
 
 


?Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:176714
 

 
Court No. - 9
 

 
Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 13706 of 2024
 

 
Petitioner :- Natthi Lal Saini And Another
 
Respondent :- Lal Singh And 4 Others
 
Counsel for Petitioner :- Akanksha Gaur
 

 
Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.
 

1. This writ petition has been filed with the following prayer:-

"I. Issue an order or direction commanding/directing to direct the court below/Trial Court/ learned Civil Judge (S.D.), Aligarh to decide and expedite the disposal of the instant Original Suit No. 1118 of 2002 (Shri Natthi Lal and others Vs. Shri Lal Singh and others) and further direct the court below to decide the same within a stipulated period as per the direction of this Hon'ble High Court."

2. From the perusal of the record, it transpires that the prayer has been made for early disposal of Suit No. 1118 of 2002 pending in the court of Civil Judge (Senior Division), Aligarh.

3. The Division Bench of this Court in case of Ali Shad Usmani vs. Ali Isteba, 2015 (2) ADJ 250 (DB) has held that no direction can be issued to the sub-ordinate courts for deciding the suit within stipulated period. Relevant portion of the judgment is extracted hereasunder:-

"We are not inclined to issue a direction for the expeditious hearing of a Civil Suit which is pending before the Civil Judge (Junior Division), District-Azamgarh. It would be most inappropriate to Court to entertain a writ petition under Article 226 and/or under Article 227 of the Constitution simply for the purpose of expediting the hearing of a suit. Such orders, if granted, place a class of litigants, who move the court in a separate and preferential category whereas other cases which may be of similar or greater antiquity and urgency are left to be decided in the normal channel. Hence, any such direction may be issued with the greatest care and circumspection by the High Court otherwise the Civil Courts will be overburdened only with requests for expeditious disposal of suits, which have been expedited by the High Court. Most of the litigants cannot afford the expense of moving the High court and would not, therefore, be in a position to have the benefit of such an order.

Ultimately, it must be left to the judicious exercise of discretion of the concerned Court to determine whether a ground for urgency has been made out. We emphasize that there may be other cases such as involving senior citizens, those who are differently abled or people suffering from a particular disablilty socio-economic or otherwise which may prime cause of urgent disposal. It is for the learned Trial Judge in each case to apply his or her mind and decide whether the hearing of the suit to be expedited.

For these reasons, we are not inclined to entertain the petition. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to cost."

4. In view of the Division Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Ali Shad Usmani (supra), this Court declines to grant the relief as prayed for.

5. The writ petitions is dismissed.

Order Date :- 11.11.2024

V.S.Singh