IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 802 of 2009 (MS) Sri K. J. Thakur son of late Sri Babar Jung Thakur, resident of A-4, Kewal Vihar, Sahastradhara Road, District Dehradun …..Petitioner. Versus Ms. Pratibha Thakur wife of Sri K.J. Thakur resident of 11, Faltu Line, District Dehradun. …..Respondent. Date:- June 5, 2009 Hon’ble B. S. Verma J. Heard Sri Ram Ji Srivastgava, learned counsel for the petitioner. By means of this writ petition the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of direction to the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Dehradun to decide the interim relief application filed by the petitioner in Original Suit No. 54 of 2005, Smt. Pratibha Thakur Vs. Sri K. J. Thakur, forthwith. The facts of the present case in brief are that the plaintiff (respondent herein) filed a declaratory suit bearing no. 54 of 2005 under Section 7-C of the Family Courts Act against the defendant (petitioner herein) on the ground that she is an exclusive owner of the property in dispute. The respondent also sought relief for injunction against the petitioner to the effect that the petitioner be restrained by decree prohibiting him to make transfer of the suit property to anyone. The Family Court, Dehradun disposed of the interim injunction application moved by the respondent with her petition, directing the parties to maintain status quo is respect of the property in dispute. The petitioner filed written statement on 18.3.2005 denying all the averments made by the respondent. The petitioner also filed the interim relief vacation application. It is alleged by the petitioner that the case is being adjourned on the one or other pretext and the case is pending for disposal till date. The interim relief vacation application filed by the petitioner has also been kept pending for disposal. The petitioner is facing hardship due to the pendency of the suit proceedings. The prayer is innocuous and deserves to be accepted. The learned Principal Judge Family Court, Dehradun is directed to decide the interim relief vacation application filed by the petitioner in Original Suit No. 54 of 2005, Smt. Pratibha Thakur Vs. K.J. Thakur, within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. The learned Principal Judge Family Court, Dehradun shall also expedite the hearing of the proceedings and conclude the aforesaid case preferably within a period of six months thereafter. With the said direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. Stay Application No. 4414 of 2009 stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S. Verma, J.) 5.6.2009 RMY