A quasi-judicial authority must provide a reasoned order to ensure transparency and accountability in decision-making.

JUDGMENT

Saurabh Lavania, J.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for all the respondents.

2. By means of impugned order dated 02.06.2023, respondent no. 4/the Joint Magistrate/Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sadar, District-Ayodhya in exercise of power under Sections 33/39 of U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901 (in short "Act, 1901"), decided the Case No. 3174/2023 (Computerized Case No. T202304230103174, State v. Mahanth Murali Das), whereby the entry in revenue records favourable to the petitioner has been expunged and the authority has been directed to record the land in the name of State.

3. Vide impugned order dated 01.12.2023, the Revisional Authority in the Act, 1901 namely respondent no. 3/ Member Judicial, Board of Revenue at Lucknow dismissed the Revision No. Rev/1842/2023/Ayodhya (Computerized Case No. R20230423001842) Mahanth Murali Das v. State through Collector District Ayodhya which was instituted under Section 219 of Act, 1901 by the petitioner.

4. Assailing the order dated 01.12.2023, learned counsel for the petitioner says that the order is completely non-speaking order as several grounds were taken in the memo of revision, however, the Revisional Authority/respondent no. 3 without considering the grounds taken in the memo of revision as also without recording reasons thereon dismissed the revision.

5. He further submitted that a perusal of the impugned order dated 01.12.2023 would reflect that the Revisional Authority after going through the relevant portion of the order dated 02.06.2023, against which the revision was filed observed that Sub Divisional Magistrate has rightly recorded the reasons and accordingly, no interference is required.

6. The relevant portion of the order dated 01.12.2023, for the sake of convenience is extracted herein-under:

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