RANCHI, India, March 8 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 6:

1. The present writ petition has been filed for the following reliefs :-

"(a) for issuance of an appropriate writ, order, or direction, specifically a writ in the nature of Mandamus, commanding the Respondent No. 2 (The Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi) to hear and dispose of the pending Mutation Revision Case No.60 R15/2025-26 (Arising out of Mutation Appeal Case No.221R 15/ 2020-21), as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a fixed time-bound period;

(b) for issuance of an appropriate order or direction that during the pendency of the said Mutation Revision Case, an order of status quo be passed, directing all parties to maintain the status quo as it exists today with respect to the land in question, and specifically restraining the Private Respondents No.5 (Rameshwar Kumar Yadav)) from alienating, encumbering, or creating any third-party rights over the land based on the illegal consequential mutation order dated 13.06.2025."

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has approached this Court with a limited prayer that the authority concerned may be directed to dispose of the pending Mutation Revision Case No.60 R15/2025-26, as early as possible .

3. In view of above limited prayer, learned counsel for the other side has raised no objection.

4. In that view of the matter, the present writ petition stands disposed of directing the concerned revisional authority to dispose of the pending mutation revision being Mutation Revision Case No.60 R15/2025-26, as early as possible, without doing undue adjournment to one and another party.

5. In view of above order, there is no requirement of issuance of notice upon the private respondent.

6. Pending interlocutory application, if any, stands disposed of.

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