20.08.2026 Court No.8 Item No.24 (nb) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI C.O. 119 of 2026 Samir Kumar Guha Vs. Smt. Annik Das & Ors. Mr. Panchali Dab Sikder(Nag), Mr. Satyam Sarker, ….for the petitioner. 1. This revisional application has been filed with a prayer for expeditious disposal of the Title Suit being T.S. No.148/2007 pending before the learned Civil Judge, Junior Division, 1st Court, at Jalpaiguri. 2. Learned counsel representing the plaintiff/petitioner submits that on August 20, 2024 after demise of defendant no.4, during the pendency of the suit only an intimation was given on June 18, 2024 with some documents. On August 21, 2024 the learned advocate for the plaintiff filed a petition to draw the notice of the court that defendant had filed some documents to show the death of the defendant namely, Sukumar Das and prayer was made before the Court for filing adequate documents to take steps by the plaintiff. 3. Considering the submission, the defendant was directed by the learned Court to file explanation with 2 respect to documents. Since then the matter was kept pending and , no further proceeding took place in respect of title suit. The certified copy of the order placed before this Court disclos that even on June 8, 2026 the defendant did not file the clarifications as per direction given in the year 2024 and it was ordered to be proceeded Exparte . The next date is fixed on August 25, 2026 for hearing of the petition dated August 21, 2024 filed by the defendant. 4. Therefore, from the above, it is apparent that delay has occurred in proceeding with the suit only on account of non-furnishing the proper documents filed by the defendant. It is also apparent that the number of adjournment were granted in favour of the defendant despite the fact that the defendant failed to comply with the direction passed by the learned Court since 2024. 5. Considering the above facts and circumstances, this court directs an order of expeditious of the application as mentioned in the order dated June 8, 2026 at an earliest preferably within the period one month from this date in order to enable the petitioner to take appropriate steps to proceed with the suit further. 6. Since, this court has not entered into the merits of the suit the opposite parties are not called upon to controvert. 3 7. In view of the above, this revisional application be disposed of. 8. Let copy of the order be communicated to the concerned Court through Learned Registrar forth with. 9. All parties shall act on the server copies of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Chaitali Chatterjee(Das), J.)