IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No.4192 of 2009 Date of decision: 13-10-2009 Mahesh Lal ....Petitioner VERSUS Induslnd Bank Ltd. and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Rakesh Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Advocate, for the respondents. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral) This petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India impugning the order dated 30.04.2009 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Addl. Distt. Judge (Ad hoc), Jalandhar vide which an ex parte order of resumption of the Bus in question has been granted against the petitioner on an application filed by the respondents under Section 9 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, "the Act"). Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the application filed by the respondent under Section 9 of the Act has not been finally disposed of by the trial court so far and the petitioner would be satisfied, in case, the present revision petition is disposed of directing the trial court to decide the same within a time bound frame. He further submitted that the trial court be directed to take into consideration that the petitioner had deposited Rs.50,000/- in pursuance to order dated 28.7.2009 passed by this Court while deciding the aforesaid application. CR No.4192 of 2009 -2- Counsel for the respondents states that he has no objection to the aforementioned prayer made by counsel for the petitioner. In view of the above, this revision petition is disposed of with a direction to the trial court that it shall decide the application filed by the respondent – Bank under Section 9 of the Act expeditiously preferably by 31.01.2010. Needless to say the trial court shall take note of the amount of Rs.50,000/- deposited by the petitioner in pursuance of order dated July 28, 2009 passed by this Court while deciding the application. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) 13.10.2009 JUDGE manju