C.R. 5689 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. 5689 of 2008 Date of decision:- 14.12.2009 Grasim Industries Ltd petitioner vs Gurdial Singh Respondent Present: Mr. Ashok Giri, Advocate. M.M.S.BEDI,J. Vide impugned order dated 15.1.2008, the application filed by defendant- petitioner under Order 14 Rule 2 CPC praying that the issue of jurisdiction be treated as a preliminary issue stands dismissed on the ground that the jurisdiction point can be decided along with the other issues as it involves a mixed question of fact and law. After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that since the plaintiff has already led his evidence before the trial court and now the case is fixed for evidence of the defendant- petitioner, it will be expedient in the interest of justice if the present revision is disposed of with a direction to the trial court to expeditiously dispose of the matter. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the opinion that since the question of jurisdiction, which in the present case has been considered to be a mixed question of fact and law, would go to the root of the matter and the trial court has ordered the same to be considered along with the other issues at the time of final arguments, in the interest of justice, while disposing of the revision petition, without C.R. 5689 of 2008 2 expression of any opinion on merits of the case, it is ordered that the suit, which was filed by the plaintiff- respondent in the year 2007 will be decided within a period of six months after the next date fixed before the trial court as the defendant- petitioner has undertaken to produce the entire evidence in three hearings. December 14 ,2009 (M.M.S.BEDI) TSM JUDGE