05.05.2026 Sl. No.09. D/L. Mithun. Ct.No.29. CRR/1768/2026 M/s. Resource Development Consultants Vs. Indian Institute of Psychometry & Ors. Mr. Sourav Mondal, Mr. Subhajit Chowdhury, Mr. Rony Mondal …for the petitioner Petitioner herein has prayed for expeditious hearing of the Complaint Case No.1115 of 2018 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Court, Barrackpore. Being aggrieved by inordinate delay caused in disposal of the said proceeding, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that he filed the complaint on 18th August, 2018 and the opposite party appeared on 18th November, 2019. Thereafter, he filed an application challenging the maintainability of the proceeding which was also disposed of on 16th April, 2025. However, since then the case has not proceeded any further and the complainant/petitioner is suffering a lot for pendency of the said proceeding for about 8 years. Therefore, the petitioner has prayed for a direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of the said proceeding. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner it appears that the prayer made by the petitioner is innocuous and, as such, 2 service of copy of the application upon the opposite party is dispensed with. Having considered that the proceeding which is required to be disposed of within a fixed period as mandated in the statute and also considering the fact that the matter is pending for about 8 years, the Trial Court is directed to make every endeavour for expeditious disposal of the proceeding and to make his best effort to conclude the proceeding within a period of six months from the next date of hearing without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. ( Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J. )