IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1344 of 2009 (M/S) [ Smt. Ranjini Kumar W/o Shri Suresh Chander Kumar D/o Sh. C.L. Arora R/o 76 / 34, Saket, Lane No. 2, Rajpur Road, Dehradun Presently staying at 101 / 2, Block II, Arya Nagar, Dehradun. ...…………. Petitioner Versus Sh. Suresh Chander Kumar S/o Sh. Peshori Lal Kumar R/o 166, Karanpur, Dehradun. ...………… Respondent Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate for the petitioner. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2) By means of this writ petition, moved under Article 226 read with Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of mandamus directing the Principal Judge, Family Court, Dehradun, to dispose of the Application 16-C, filed by the petitioner / defendant before said court, in Suit No. 05 of 2007. 3) Learned counsel for the petitioner drew attention of this Court to order dated 31.01.2008, passed in Writ Petition No. 200 (M/S) of 2008, and order dated 07.01.2009, passed by Hon’ble the Chief Justice, in Writ Petition No. 1563 (M/S) of 2008. Vide order dated 07.01.2009, passed in Writ Petition No. 1563 (M/S) of 2008, this Court directed the Principal Judge, Family Court, Dehradun, to dispose of the Application 16-C, moved in Suit No. 05 of 2007, and pass a specific order on merits and in accordance with law. It is further directed by Hon’ble the Chief Justice in said order that the application shall be disposed of very very expeditiously and in any event within three months from the date of communication of said order. 4) Learned counsel for the petitioner complained before this Court that almost six months have gone and still the trial court (Principal Judge, Family Court, Dehradun) has not taken any interest in disposing of Application 16-C, rather, has fixed long dates. It is stated that next date fixed by the trial court is 16.09.2009. 5) Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and after going through the copy of the order sheet of O.S. No. 05 of 2007, which is annexed as Annexure –9 to the writ petition, this writ petition is disposed of with the direction that the Registrar General of this Court shall seek explanation from the Presiding Officer of the court as to under what circumstances the officer has not complied with the order dated 07.01.2009, passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 1563 (M/S) of 2008, and the explanation so obtained shall be laid before Hon’ble the Chief Justice on administrative side of the Court. (Stay Application No. 7117 of 2009 also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. August 19, 2009. H. Negi