: 1 : 5292-11-wp=.sxw USJ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5292 OF 2011 Arun Shripati Ranawade & Ors. .. Petitioners v/s. Bhagvandas Shitaldas Lalwani (since deceased through his LRs) & Ors. .. Respondents ......... Mr. S.B. Deshmukh for the petitioners Mr. Nitin P. Deshpande for respondent nos. 1 to 4. ......... CORAM : R.Y.GANOO, J DATE : 14th SEPTEMBER,2011. P.C. : 1. Heard learned advocates on both sides. 2. Rule. 3. Rule made returnable forthwith. Mr. Deshpande appears on behalf of the respondent nos. 1 to 4. By consent, petition is taken up for hearing forthwith. : 2 : 5292-11-wp=.sxw 4. The petitioners who are respondents in the R.C. Suit No.3738 of 2000 which suit is pending in the Court of learned Joint Civil Judge Senior Division, Pune filed an application at Exh.84 praying that the issue as regards res-judicata should be treated as preliminary issue and be decided accordingly. That application is rejected by the learned Joint Civil Judge, Senior Division, Pune by order dated 24th March, 2011. This order dated 24th March, 2011 is challenged in this writ petition. 5. This Court was informed that the present Suit was originally filed in the year 1992 and after renumbering, the number assigned is 3738 of 2000. This Court is not prepared to interfere in the impugned order dated 24th March,2011 as no infirmity is found in the said order. 6. The learned Joint Civil Judge Senior Division, Pune, attending to this R.C. Suit No.3738 of 2000 is hereby directed to dispose of the said suit by 31st August, 2012. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms with no order as to costs. (R.Y.GANOO, J.)