20.08.2026 Sl. No.07. D/L. Mithun. Ct.No.29. CRR/1806 /2026 Sri Tapan Kumar Biswas Vs. State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Sajal Kanti Bhattacharyya …for the petitioner In this application, petitioner has prayed for a direction upon Court below for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being Complaint Case No.1152 of 2024, presently pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 3rd Court, Barrackpore. Being aggrieved by the inordinate delay caused in disposal of the said proceeding, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that he initiated the said proceeding under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act on 16.12.2024 and since then it is pending for recording plea. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, it appears that the prayer made by the petitioner is innocuous and if it is allowed in terms of the prayer made in the application, the opposite party will have no cause to prejudice and, as such, service of copy of application upon the opposite party is dispensed with. Having considered submission made on behalf of the petitioner and that the proceeding has got stalled for about 1½ year, I find that the prayer made by the petitioner is justified and is required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice. In view of above, let the CRR 1806 of 2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to make every endeavour for 2 expeditious disposal of the said proceeding and to make his best effort to conclude the entire proceeding preferably within a period of six months from the next date of hearing. 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. )