2025:KER:29736 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.B. SNEHALATHA MONDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 17TH CHAITHRA, 1947 OP (FC) NO. 192 OF 2025 OP NO.887 OF 2020, FAMILY COURT, NEDUMANGAD PETITIONER/ RESPONDENT : BALACHANDRAN NAIR, AGED 78 YEARS S/O. GOVINDA PILLAI, KIZHAPANOOR, KANNAMKUZHI, VALICODE THADATHRIKATHU VEEDU, MUKKAMPALAMOODU, VATTAPPARA PO., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695028. BY ADVS. K.SASIKUMAR S.ARAVIND P.S.RAGHUKUMAR SWATHI KRISHNA P.H. RESPONDENT/ PETITIONER : 1 PANKAJAKSHY AMMA (DIED), AGED 70 YEARS, W/O. BALACHANDRAN, THACHOORU VEEDU, PANTHAPLAVU, VATTAPPARA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695028. 2 UDAYAKUMAR D, AGED 59 YEARS S/O. LATE PANKAJAKSHI AMMA, RESIDING AT J/75, JYOTHI NAGAR, TC 3/1767, KESAVADASAPURAM, 2025:KER:29736 OP (FC) NO. 192 OF 2025 -2- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695004. THIS OP (FAMILY COURT) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:29736 OP (FC) NO. 192 OF 2025 -3- JUDGMENT Devan Ramachandran, J. The petitioner singularly seeks that OP No.887/2020, now pending before the learned Family Court, Nedumangad, be directed to be taken up and disposed of within a time frame to be fixed by this Court. 2. Noticing the limited relief sought for by the petitioner, through his learned counsel – Sri.K.Sasikumar, we called for a report from the learned Family Court, which is now available on record. 3. The learned Court has informed us that there are 5257 matters pending in the said Court, out of which 498 are coming under the category of “5+ year old cases”. The learned Court has also informed us that priority will be 2025:KER:29736 OP (FC) NO. 192 OF 2025 -4- given to old cases and that the Original Petition in question will be disposed of within a period of 10 months from now. 4. We are of the view that the aforesaid time frame will be sufficient. In the afore circumstances, recording the report of the learned Family Court, we allow this Original Petition, directing it to adhere by the time frame mentioned in it. Sd/- DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN JUDGE Sd/- M.B.SNEHALATHA akv JUDGE 2025:KER:29736 OP (FC) NO. 192 OF 2025 -5- APPENDIX OF OP (FC) 192/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE PETITION DATED 28- 09-2020 IN OP 887/2020 OF THE FAMILY COURT, NEDUMANGAD EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE I.A. NO. 1182/2020 IN OP NO. 887/2020 ALONG WITH AFFIDAVIT EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE OBJECTION DATED 27- 10-2020 FILED BY THIS PETITIONER AS THE RESPONDENT IN EXT. P2 PETITION I.A. NO. 1182/2020 IN THE OP. EXHIBIT P4 A TRUE COPY OF THE OBJECTION DATED 18- 04-2022 IN OP NO. 887/2020 BEFORE THE HON’BLE FAMILY COURT, NEDUMANGAD EXHIBIT P5 A TRUE COPY OF THE I.A. DATED 18-04- 2022 ALONG WITH THE AFFIDAVIT IN OP NO. 887/2020 OF THE FAMILY COURT, NEDUMANGAD EXHIBIT P6 A TRUE COPY OF THE IA 1/2024 ALONG WITH THE AFFIDAVIT IN OP NO. 887/2020 OF THE FAMILY COURT, NEDUMANGAD EXHIBIT P7 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 17-01- 2025 IN IA. 1/2024 IN OP NO. 887/2020 OF THE FAMILY COURT, NEDUMANGAD