IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 12TH JULY 2007 / 21ST ASHADHA 1929 WP(C).No. 20037 of 2007(S) -------------------------- OP.786/1997 of FAMILY COURT,TRIVANDRUM .................... PETITIONERS: -------------------- 1. KUMARI MINI, MINI NIVAS, KUMARAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. LAKSHMI.M., GOPAKUMAR (MINOR), D/O.KUMARI MINI, 'MINI NIVAS', KUMARAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY MOTHER KUMARI MINI. BY ADV. SRI.M.RAMASWAMY PILLAI SRI.P.M.JOSEPH RESPONDENT: -------------------- GOPAKUMAR.C., S/O.NATARAJAN, KARTHIKA, MANACAUD, THOTTAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/07/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH, & T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JJ. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C).No. 20037 of 2007-S. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 12th day of July, 2007. J U D G M E N T Kurian Joseph, J. The writ petition is filed with the following prayers: (i) to issue a writ of mandamus or some other writ or direction to fix up an outer time limit to finalise the case pending before the Family Court, for the sake of considering the claim of the petitioners in OP.No.786/1997 by the Family Court, Thiruvananthapuram which is pending from 1997; (ii) issue a writ of mandamus or some other writ order or direction, to post the case peremptorily and dispose the same within the period fixed by this Hon'ble Court. 2. The petitioners may move the Family Court for expeditious disposal of the matter in which case appropriate action having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case will be taken by the Family Court, Thiruvananthapuram. It will also be open to the petitioners to move the Family Court for appropriate interim relief. The writ petition is disposed of as above. KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. Kvs/-