IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHANAD AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2031 OF 2008 (M/S) With Stay Application No. 7793/08 1. Smt. Sushma aged about 25 years, W/o late Vijay Kumar, 2. Aditya Kumar (Minor), S/O late Vijay Kumar, Both R/o Village Brahmpur (Kalyanpur), Tehsil Roorkee, District Haridwar. ...............Petitioner. Sub Divisional Officer, Roorkee, District Haridwar and two others. ..............Respondents. Dated: 21st November, 2008 Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard Sri S.K. Mandal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Sudhir Kumar, learned Brief Holder for the respondent nos. 1 and 2. By means of this writ petition the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing and commanding the respondent no.1 to decide the Appeal No.1 of 2007 (Smt. Sumeri Vs. State and others) pending before the respondent no.1 within a stipulated period. The respondent no. 3 has preferred appeal no.1 of 2007 before the Assistant Collector, First Class, Roorkee against the Judgment and order dated 8.10.2007 passed in mutation case nos. 17-40 of 2004 and 52 of 2005 (Sushma Vs. Vijay). The prayer is innocuous. The Assistant Collector, First Class, Roorkee is directed to decide the appeal no.1 of 2007 filed by respondent no.3 after hearing both the petitioners and respondent no.3 as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of two months from the date of production of certified copy. With the said direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. All the pending applications stand disposed of accordingly. Dated: 21.11.2008 (B.S. Verma, J.) RMY