IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 8376 of 2010 Date of decision : December 22, 2010 Labh Singh ....Petitioner versus Harbans Singh ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Vaneet Soni, Advocate for the petitioner L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing for some time seeks permission to withdraw the instant revision petition. Dismissed as withdrawn. However, before parting with the order it has to be noticed with some anguish that plaintiff-respondent filed summary suit under Order 37 of the Code of Civil Procedure for recovery of Rs 6,62,500/-. The suit was filed on 13.6.2003. Defendant-petitioner was granted leave to defend the suit. Issues in the suit were framed on 5.9.2003 and two witnesses of the plaintiff have been examined in chief but their cross-examination has not yet been recorded as revealed by the impugned order although more than seven years have lapsed since the framing of issues. On the contrary, the defendant moved application Annexure P/3 dated 10.6.2005 for amendment Civil Revision No. 8376 of 2010 -2- of written statement. The said application has been dismissed by the trial court vide impugned order dated 25.10.2010, Annexure P/4. It appears that no effective proceedings in the suit have been conducted by the trial court since filing of the application in June, 2005 till dismissal of the said application on 25.10.2010 i.e. for more than four years and four months. This reflects a very sorry state of affairs. The very purpose of filing summary suit under Order 37 of the Code of Civil Procedure is defeated as the suit has already remained pending for 7½ years without much progress. The defendant-petitioner has been successful with inaction on the part of the trial court in halting the progress of the suit. In view of the aforesaid, without saying anything further, the trial court is directed to dispose of the suit as expeditiously as possible and preferably within one year from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. ( L.N. Mittal ) December 22, 2010 Judge 'dalbir'