HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 772 of 2004 (MS) Sardar Gurcharan Singh …. Petitioner Vs. Addl. District Judge & others ….. Respondents Sri Ram Ji Srivastava, Advocate for the petitioner Standing Counsel for the respondents. Date: 19.8.2004 Hon. Rajesh Tandon J. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. By the present writ petition the petitioner has prayed for the writ of mandamus directing the respondent no.1 to decide the appeal no. 150 of 1997 expeditiously. Briefly stated the petitioner is the landlord of the property no. 48/8, situated at Moti Bazar, Dehradun. The petitioner has field a release application under section 21 (1) (a) of U.P. Act No. XIII of 1972. The Prescribed Authority allowed the application vide order dated 15.12.1997, against which the respondents no. 2 to 4 have field an appeal before the District Judge, Dehradun, which is registered as Rent Control Appeal No. 150 of 1997, Smt. Krishna Devi and others vs. Sardar Gurcharan Singh. The appeal is pending since 1997. The appellate Court is, therefore, directed to decide the appeal within one month after the receipt of the certified copy of this order. Subject to the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to cots. (Rajesh Tandon J.) 19.8.2004 *Dhyani