HONBLE JUSTICE PANKAJ MITTAL HONBLE JUSTICE VIPIN CHANDRA DIXIT | Supreme Court of India | Division Bench: No. – 30353 of 2014 | Mata Deen Bhagwan Das And 3 Ors vs State Of U.P. And 2 Ors. on 10 January, 2020

“we are of the opinion that there is an inordinate and unexplained delay on part of the respondents in dealing with the application of the petitioners for grant of freehold rights.” In the counter affidavit it has not been disputed that the petitioners have applied for grant of freehold rights in the Nazul land as stated by them ………………….“In the case at hand, we do not find that the petitioners were in any way responsible for the delay in consideration of their application for freehold rights. There application was complete in all respect. It was not rejected or even treated to be rejected……..”