IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION (MS) No. 1295 of 2010 Varun Beri ……..…Petitioner. Versus Mahesh Kumar Dora ………Respondent. Present : Mr. B.P. Nautiyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Date of Decision: 22.9.2010 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. 1. Heard Mr. B.P. Nautiyal, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner with the prayer that the petitioner being a landlord had moved an application under Section 21 (1) (a) of the U.P. Act No. XIII of 1972 (from hereinafter referred to as the Act) for the release of his accommodation in his favour. However, the matter is still pending, where no effective hearing has taken place. 3. On the face of it, this pendency of an application under Section 21 (1) (a) of the Act for the last four years amounts to a travesty of justice unless there is a just cause. The matter needs to be expedited. Therefore, the petition needs to be disposed of with the following observations:- 4. Since Rule 15 (3) of the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting Rent and Eviction) Rules, 1972 (from hereinafter referred to as the Rules) itself provides that an application under Section 21 (1) (a) of the Act shall be decided as far as possible within two months from the date of its presentation, hence, it is directed that the Court below shall decide the application of the petitioner filed under Section 21 (1) (a) of the Act in the letter and spirit of Rule 15 (3) of the Rules as far as possible within a period of two months from today. 5. With the aforesaid directions, the instant writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 22.9.2010 Rathour