Civil Revision No. 7776 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 7776 of 2011 Date of decision. 15.12.2011 Rajinder Singh .... Petitioner Versus Amarjit Kaur ...... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJENDER SINGH MALIK Present: Mr. Naresh Kumar Manchanda, Advocate for the petitioner. **** Vijender Singh Malik, J. In a petition brought for a decree of nullity of marriage and in the alternative for divorce by Rajender Singh, petitioner, the wife Amarjit Kaur appeared and filed written statement as well as application under section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short 'the Act') on 23.08.2010. The said application was replied by the petitioner on 20.09.2010 and since then the case is pending for consideration of the said application. By way of this revision petition, brought under the provisions of Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought direction to learned Additional District Judge, Ferozepur to decide the application filed under section 24 of the Act because on account of the pendency of the same, no progress is being made in the main petition. Civil Revision No. 7776 of 2011 2 I have heard Mr. Naresh Kumar Manchanda, learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the record carefully. On first look, it appears that the wife should have been before this court as petitioner seeking direction to the trial court to decide the application expeditiously and there could be no reason with the husband to make such prayer. However, on deeper thought, it appears that on account of the pendency of this application, progress is not being made in the petition for a decree of divorce and so Rajender Singh is duly concerned with delay in decision of the application. The application is pending since 22.08.2010 and after filing reply by the petitioner on 20.09.2010, more than one year has passed. There can be no justification for not deciding this application during this long period. In these circumstances, the prayer of the petitioner seems to be justified. The revision petition is consequently allowed directing learned Additional District Judge, Ferozepur to decide the application filed under section 24 of the Act as expeditiously as possible preferably within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, in accordance with law. 15.12.2011 ( Vijender Singh Malik ) dinesh Judge Civil Revision No. 7776 of 2011 3