WA 4/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.C.UPADHYAY Aggrieved by an order, dated 21.12.2009, the unsuccessful applicants in MC No.25 0/2009 (WP(C) 695/2002) filed the present appeal. Writ petition itself was filed in the year 2002 challenging the order of cancell ation, dated 5.6.2002, by which, the State of Manipur cancelled an earlier order , dated 6.5.2002, by which, a piece of land was allotted in favour of the petiti oners. Initially, when the writ petition came up for admission, there was an interim or der in favour of the petitioners, keeping the impugned order, dated 5.6.2002, in suspension. However, the said interim order was limited by a time frame. That i nterim order would expire with the returnable date of the notices. After the sai d interim order, it appears, neither the petitioners nor their counsel kept trac k with the further development of the writ proceeding. After a long lapse of alm ost 7 years, the appellants herein wake up and moved a misc. petition praying th at the interim order be extended. By the order under appeal, the learned Judge d eclined to extend the interim order. Though, strictly, we do not find any fault with the order under appeal, in view of the fact that the litigation is pending for long time before this Court and i n view of the fact that even the State is not very sure as to whether the appell ants are still in possession of the property, in question, we deem it appropriat e to direct the Registry to list the writ petition for hearing on 4.2.2010 befor e appropriate Bench. Respondents are directed not to dispossess the appellants/w rit petitioners, if they are not already dispossessed, during the pendency of th e writ petition.