HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 690 of 2010 (M/S) Shri Dilbag Singh. ……..Petitioner Versus Shri Parveer Singh Negi. .…….Respondent Shri Hem Ch. Joshi, Advocate for petitioner, Mr. Neeraj Garg, Advocate and Ms. Neelima Mishra, Advocate for the respondent. Dated: May 20, 2010 Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2. Present petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking direction to the Presiding Officer of 1st Addl. District Judge/1st F.T.C., Dehradun to decide the Rent Control Appeal bearing RCA No. 194 of 2006 ‘Shri Dilbag Singh vs. Shri Parveer Singh Negi’, pending before his Court, as expeditiously as possible. 3. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner filed a suit (release application) under Section 21 of the U.P. Act No. 13 of 1972 (hereinafter referred as to the Act) against the respondent before the Prescribed Authority. The said case was decreed by the Civil Judge, Dehradun against the petitioner vide order dated 11.10.2006 against which an appeal was preferred by the petitioner under Section 22 of the Act, which was registered as RCA No. 194 of 2006 ‘Shri Dilbah Singh vs. Parveer Singh Negi’. It has been stated in the writ petition that the respondent is not interested in speedy disposal of the said appeal and intends to linger on the matter. It has been further stated that the petitioner is an old and infirm 2 person aged about 67 years. Learned counsel for the petitioner stated that earlier also, the petitioner preferred Writ Petition No. 1175 (M/S) 2008, which was withdrawn with the liberty to file application before the Court concerned seeking expeditious disposal of the case. He submitted that in pursuance of this Court’s order, the petitioner moved an application before the Court concerned on 10.08.2009, but to no avail. Learned counsel for the petitioner invited attention of the Court towards the order-sheet of the concerned appeal. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that since the Rent Control Appeal has been transferred to some other Court, therefore, the concerned Court may be directed to decide the aforesaid appeal as early as possible. 4. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and after considering every aspect of the matter, the learned 1st Addl. District Judge/1st F.T.C., Dehradun or the concerned Court, to which the appeal has now been transferred, is directed to decide the Rent Control Appeal bearing RCA No. 194 of 2006 ‘Shri Dilbag Singh vs. Shri Parveer Singh Negi’, pending before him expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. 5. With the above direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (V.K. Bist, J.) 20.05.2010 NCM: