1 S.B.CIVIL MISC. APPEAL NO.279/1998. M/s.Meenakshi Projects Limited and Others. VERSUS Sangram Singh (since deceased) and Others. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR ORDER S.B.CIVIL MISC. APPEAL NO.279/1998. M/s.Meenakshi Projects Limited and Others. VERSUS Sangram Singh (since deceased) and Others. 07.07.2009. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE DALIP SINGH Mr.S.M.Mehta, Senior Counsel assisted by Mr.S.Kasliwal, for the appellants. Mr.Ashok Kumar Sharma] Mr.R.K.Agarwal ] for the respondents. ***** This misc. appeal under Order 43 Rule 1 C.P.C. has been filed against the order dated 11.03.1998 passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge No.8, Jaipur City, Jaipur in Civil Misc. Application under Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 C.P.C. filed by the plaintiff-appellant before the learned trial court in the year 1992. Against the aforesaid judgment this appeal was filed and this court after issuing notices to the respondents, though, the respondents were heard at the time of admission on 01.04.1998 directed status quo to be maintained in respect of the property in dispute. The record was also summoned by this court. Vide order dated 25.01.2002, this court admitted the appeal and listed the matter for final hearing and maintained the order of status quo which is still in force. 2 S.B.CIVIL MISC. APPEAL NO.279/1998. M/s.Meenakshi Projects Limited and Others. VERSUS Sangram Singh (since deceased) and Others. However, the appeal could not be heard and has now come for hearing today. Learned counsel for the plaintiff-appellants submitted that the matter has remained pending before this court for the last 11 years and since the year 1992 the order of status quo has remained in force in respect of the property in dispute. Unfortunately, the record had been called by this court and, therefore, the suit could not progress and for the last 17 years, nothing has been done in the suit by the learned trial court. Keeping in view the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Ravi Prakash Agarwal and Others Vs. Rajesh Prasad Agarwal and Others reported in AIR 2009 SC 365, I am of the view that the order of status quo which remained in force for the last 17 years deserves to be confirmed to last till the disposal of the suit. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid judgment in the case of Ravi Prakash Agarwal (supra) had been pleased to direct the learned trial court to decide the suit at the earliest. In the facts and circumstances, the appeal stands allowed in the light of the aforesaid judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Ravi Prakash Agarwal (supra). It is directed that the order of status quo which was passed on 01.04.1998 by this court stands confirmed to last till the disposal of the appeal. 3 S.B.CIVIL MISC. APPEAL NO.279/1998. M/s.Meenakshi Projects Limited and Others. VERSUS Sangram Singh (since deceased) and Others. Though, this court has not gone into the merits of the contentions which have been raised in the appeal. This order of confirmation of the order of status quo shall not be construed as an expression of any opinion on the merits of the submission of either of the parties and the learned trial court while deciding the suit is not required to be influenced by the fact that the order of status quo has been passed by this court. The Registry is directed to return the record of this case immediately to the learned trial court. The learned trial court would take steps to decide the suit preferably within a period of one year with the cooperation of the parties as the suit is an old one. The appeal stands disposed of. The stay application also stands disposed of. (DALIP SINGH),J. Solanki DS, Jr.P.A.