IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1229 (M/S) of 2011 Anurag Aggarwal S/o Sri Pramod Kumar Aggarwal - Petitioner Versus Addl. Judge, Family Court, Roorkee and another - Respondents (Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J.) Heard Mrs. Neetu Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. By means of this petition, the petitioner has sought indulgence of this court to issue direction to Additional Judge, Family Court, Roorkee District Haridwar, for expeditious disposal of Matrimonial Case No. 163/2008, Anurag Aggarwal Vs. Smt. Ruby, expeditiously as far as possible. The grievance of the petitioner is that he has filed matrimonial case against his wife Smt. Ruby, U/S 10 Hindu Marriage Act on 6-9- 2008. Thereafter relations between the parties became strained and he moved application to convert the case filed for restitution of conjugal rights in to Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act and the court vide order dated 12.3.2010 has converted the petition U/S 13 Hindu Marriage Act. The respondent wife is getting maintenance of Rs. 10,000/- per month and in order to harass the petitioner she is intentionally lingering on the divorce petition. Therefore, the petitioner has prayed that the court below be directed to decide the suit expeditiously. Prayer made is innocuous. Sub Clause (2) of Section 21-B of Hindu Marriage Act makes a provision that every petition filed under the Act shall be tried as expeditiously as possible and endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within a period of six months from the date of service of notice of the petition on the respondent. Therefore, the Additional Judge, Family Court, Roorkee, District Haridwar is directed to expedite the hearing of Case No. 163/2008, Anurag Aggarwal Vs. Smt. Ruby, pending before him, and 2 decide the same expeditiously as far as possible, preferably within a period of six months, from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. Dated: 20-6-2011 (B.S. Verma, J.) ISB