THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 624 of 2006 (Under Article 227 of the Constitution of India) Satya Prakash Sharma, S/O Late Sri Saligram Sharma, R/O 67/86 Tyagi Road, Dehradun, District Dehradun. … Petitioners. Versus 1. The Civil Judge (Senior Division) Dehradun 2. Smt. Shashi Ahuja W/O Sri Harish Chandra Ahuja R/O 82-C, Tyagi Road, Dehradun. 3. Harish Chandra Ahuja S/O Sri P.L.Ahuja, R/O 82 C Tyagi Road, Dehradun. … Respondents. Sri Sharad Sharma holding brief of Sri Jitendra Chaudhary, learned Counsel for the petitioner. Sri Atul Bansal Adv. holding brief learned counsel for the State-respondent No. 1. Dated May 24, 2006. PC: (Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J.) Heard learned counsel. The petitioner has filed the present Writ Petition for issue of a direction to the respondent no. 1 to decide S.C.C. Suit No. 10 of 2004, Satya Prakash Sharma Vs. Smt. Shashi Ahuja and others pending before him expeditiously. According to petitioner, he is the owner and landlord of two shops situated at Tyagi Road, Dehradun and these shops were let out to respondent nos. 2 and 3 at monthly rental of Rs. 1800/- plus electricity charges. The respondent nos. 2 and 3 failed to pay monthly rent, therefore, after issuing notice S.C.C. Suit No. 10 of 2004, Staya Prakash Sharma Vs. Smt. Shashi Ahuja and others was filed before the Judge S.C.C./Civil Judge (Senior Division) Dehradun. The tenant-respondents put in appearance in the suit and ultimately filed their written statement along with counter claim on 3- 8-2004. Since then the suit has not yet been concluded because of frequent adjournments being sought by the defendants. It is stated that the petitioner is an old and ailing senior citizen. Hence this writ petition has been filed. In the facts and circumstances of the case coupled with the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, it will be in the fitness of things that the respondent no. 1 be directed to expedite disposal of the aforesaid S.C.C. suit. Accordingly, the respondent no. 1 is directed to decide the S.C.C. Suit No. 10 of 2004, Satya Prakash Sharma Vs. Shashi Ahuja and another expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. Both the parties shall co-operate in the expeditious decision of the said suit. With the aforesaid observation, the Writ Petition is disposed of finally. (B.S. Verma, J.) RCP