IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN TUESDAY, THE 7TH APRIL 2009 / 17TH CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 11804 of 2009(O) -------------------------- OS 151/90 AND OS.32/1989 of SUB COURT, SULTHAN BATHERY .................... PETITIONER(S): --------------- DR.S.U.ABDULLA,S/O.KUNHAMMED HAJI, RESIDING IN CLINIC & NURSING HOME, MEPPADI,KOTTAPPADI AMSOM,VYTHIRI TALUK. BY ADV. SMT.SHAHNA KARTHIKEYAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY DISTRICT COLLECTOR, WAYANAD. 2. ASSISTANT COLLECTOR, WAYANAD,MANANTHAVADY. 3. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PWD (ROADS),WAYANAD, KALPETTA. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. -------------------------------------- W.P.(C).No.11804 of 2009 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 7th day of April, 2009 JUDGMENT The petitioner is the plaintiff in O.S.No.32 of 1989 on the file of the court of the Subordinate Judge of Sulthan Bathery. The suit was filed for realisation of damages. The relief prayed for in the Writ Petition is to issue a direction to the court below to dispose of the suit expeditiously and at any rate within a period of two months. 2. The suit is of the year 1989. It is not in dispute that two of the witnesses on the side of the plaintiff were examined in chief. But, they have not been cross examined since the District Government Pleader was not available. The petitioner is justified in praying for the issue of a direction to the trial court to dispose of the suit expeditiously. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the court of the Subordinate Judge of Sulthan Bathery to give priority to the disposal of O.S.No.32 of 1989 and dispose of the suit, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate before 15th August 2009. K.T.SANKARAN, JUDGE csl