IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.PADMANABHAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 15TH JUNE 2007 / 25TH JYAISHTA 1929 WP(C).No. 29861 of 2006(S) -------------------------- OP.1810/2004 of FAMILY COURT,TRIVANDRUM .................... PETITIONER: ------------ SOPHIA RANI, AGED 28 YEARS, D/O.KRISHNAVENI, RESIDING AT RAILWAY QUARTERS NO.130-B, THAMPANOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SMT.K.KUSUMAM RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. BAIJU GANGADHARAN, AGED 33 YEARS, S/O.GANGADHARAN, RESIDING AT T.C.43/1428, MUTTATHARA VILLAGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM TALUK, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. 2. SULOCHANA, AGED 67 YEARS, W/O.GANGADHARAN, RESIDING AT DO. DO. BY ADV. SRI.SABU.S (KALLARAMOOLA) THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 15/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P(C)No.29861/2006 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1. COPY OF OP.No.1810/2004 DATED 3-12-2004. / TRUE COPY / P.S.TO JUDGE KURIAN JOSEPH & K.PADMANABHAN NAIR,JJ. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C)No.29861 of 2006 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 15 th day of June, 2007 JUDGMENT Kurian Joseph,J. The writ petition is filed with the following prayers:- A. To issue a writ of mandamus or other direction, order, directing the Family Court, Thiruvananthapuram to dispose of O.P.1810/2004 as expeditiously as possible, within a specified time as fixed by this Hon'ble Court. B. To grant such other reliefs which are appropriate and incidental to these proceedings and which this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper with cost to this petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Family Court has now ordered joint trial of all cases between the parties. It is also submitted that the matters are likely to be settled also since there appears to be no serious objection on the part of the first respondent in filing a joint petition for divorce. But it is submitted that the first respondent is likely to be back in India only by January, 2008. These are all matters for the parties to submit before the Family Court. W.P(C) NO.29861/2006 -:2:- Therefore, we dispose of the writ petition making it clear that in case any of the parties seeks an expeditious disposal of the cases pending before the Family Court, it will be open to such parties to move the Family Court itself in which case taking note of the facts and circumstances of the case appropriate action for expeditious disposal of the cases will be taken by the Family Court. (KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE) (K.PADMANABHAN NAIR, JUDGE) ahg.