IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.3613 of 2010. Date of Decision : 26.5.2010. Smt. Sudesh Rani & others ......Petitioners Versus Gagan Verma & others ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. R.K. Chhiber, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Anand Chhiber, Advocate, for the petitioners. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By filing this petition, petitioners seek direction to the Court of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Malerkota to decide their case titled Narinder Kumar and others vs. Bhagwan Singh and others expeditiously. 2. The petitioners filed suit for partition on November 28th, 1988. Preliminary decree was passed on May 18th, 1993. Local Commissioner was appointed on July 25th, 2006 for the purpose of demarcation. During the pendency of the matter, a few applications were moved by the respondents. For the first time, by order dated September 1st, 2007, the applications were adjourned for consideration. In between some other applications were also filed and those were also adjourned for consideration. A perusal of the interim orders since September 1st, 2007 to May 19th, 2010 shows that the matter was adjourned for 26 times for consideration of the applications by the trial Judge. Now, the applications are fixed for August 28th, 2010 for arguments. No reason worth the name was mentioned by the trial Judge for adjourning the case from time to time except that it was adjourned for consideration for such and such date. It is unfortunate and sorry state of affairs. It of course, brings bad name to the judicial system. 3. It pains this Court to note that some Judicial Officers shirk work and adopt the convenient course of adjourning Civil Revision No.3613 of 2010. (2) the matters. They choose to remain insensitive and oblivious of the hardships that the litigants suffer. The tendency is reprehensible and censurable. 4. Now, the trial Judge is directed to prepone the case and decide it within a period of one and a half months from the date of receipt of this order. 5. The explanation of the Judicial Officer be also called for as to why the applications were not decided, at the earliest. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 26.5.2010. SN