Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CMP No.640 of 2026 Jateswardev College Of Education And Vocational, Sagada, Puri ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. - Biren Sankar Tripathy -versus- Jatadhari Pradhan & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Represented by Adv. - CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 27.04.2026 Order No. 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode). 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner. Perused the CMP application as well as the prayer made therein. 3. By filing the present CMP application, the defendant No.7 in CS No.42 of 2009 pending in the court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Nimapara has approached this Court for a direction to the learned trial court to expedite trial of the suit and to conclude the same as expeditiously as possible. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner at the outset contended that the Opposite Party No.1 to 10 as plaintiffs filed a suit for declaration and consequential reliefs against the Petitioner and Opposite Party Nos.11 to 20 as defendants. He further submitted Page 2 of 2. that although the suit has been filed in the year 2009, however, the same is still pending. He further contended that the Petitioner, being an education institution, is finding his difficult due to delay in disposal of the suit. 5. Taking into consideration the submissions made by learned counsel for the Petitioner, further keeping in view the fact that the suit is of the year 2009, this Court deems it proper to dispose of the present CMP application at the stage of admission by granting liberty to the Petitioner to approach the learned trial court by filing an application for early disposal of the suit. In such eventuality, learned trial court subject to his convenience shall do well to make every endeavour to ensure that the suit is disposed of as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six months. The parties are directed to cooperate with the learned trial court for early disposal of the suit keeping in view the fact that the suit is of the year 2009 and they shall not take any unnecessary adjournments. 6. With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the CMP application is disposed of. ( A.K. Mohapatra) Judge Anil Designation: Junior Stenographer