IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 60 (M/S) of 2010 V.K. Singh, S/o Sri R.M. Singh, R/o F 116 Shastri Nagar, Meerut (U.P.) …..…..Petitioner. Versus Assistant Collector 1st Class, Vikas Nagar, Dehradun. …….Respondent. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. B. S. Negi, Advocate present for the petitioner. Mr. K. P. Upadhyay, Additional Chief Standing Counsel present for respondent. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Urgency application no. 271 of 2010 is allowed. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent to decide the case no. 3928 of 2006 State Vs. V.K. Singh (now case no. 18 – 07/08) expeditiously. The prayer made in the writ petition is innocuous. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that aforesaid case pertains to mutation proceedings and pending before respondent, since 2006. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and after going through the copy of order sheet which is filed as annexure no. 3 to the writ 2 petition, this petition is disposed of summarily directing the respondent to decide the aforesaid case as expeditiously as possible, preferably within six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. All the pending applications including Misc. Application No. 173 of 2010 stand disposed of. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Vacation Judge 19.01.2010 SKS