IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 10TH AUGUST 2010 / 19TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 23799 of 2010(Q) ----------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- GANAPRAKASH C, POTTAVILA VEEDU, IRUMPIL DESOM, NEYYATTINKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DT. BY ADV. SMT.VIJAYAKUMARI RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------------- THE STATE OF KERALA ,REPRESENTED BY THE THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, NEYYATTINKARA THORUGH THE THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.S. HRITWIK THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss V.RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------- W.P(C) No. 23799 of 2010 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 10th day of August, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioner, who is the 9th accused in S.C.No.425/2006 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court for the Trial of Abkari Act Cases, Neyyattinkara, seeks a direction to dispose of the case within a time frame. According to the petitioner, he is working as a Masdoor in the K.S.E.B, Electrical Section, Thdoupuzha and on account of the pendency of this case he is denied benefits like increment, promotion etc for the past 7 years. 2. Consequent on the retirement of the previous Presiding Officer in the above Court, the said post was lying vacant. Now a new Presiding Officer has taken charge. According to the report dated 6.8.2010 from the Additional Sessions Judge, presiding over the above court there was no sitting in that court for the last three years and that now, after she has taken charge, the above case W.P(C) No.23799 of 2010 : 2 : can be disposed of within a period of three moths of the date of appearance of the accused and that the case stands posed to 20.9.2010 for appearance of the accused. 3. In the light of the report of the Additional Sessions Judge, this writ petition is disposed of directing the court below to dispose of S.C.No.425/2006 expeditiously and at any rate within four months of the appearance of the accused. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE dmb