p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.5251 of 2026 Musi Barik & Othes …. Petitioners Mr. B.P. Rath, Advocate -versus- Damayanti Jena & Others …. Opp. Parties Mr. C.M. Singh, ASC CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA Order No. ORDER 17.02.2026 02. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid mode. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners as well as learned counsel for the State-Opposite Parties. Perused the writ petition as well as the prayer made therein. 3. By filing the present Writ Petition under Article 227 of Constitution of India, the Plaintiff-Petitioners have prayed for a direction to the learned trial Court to dispose of Civil Suit No.7878 of 2014 as expeditiously as possible. 4. Learned counsel for he Petitioners at the outset contended that C.S. No.7878 of 2014 was filed before the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Bhubaneswar in the year 2014. However, in the meantime, 12 years have been lapsed and the suit has not yet been disposed of. Being aggrieved by such delay in disposal of the said suit, the Petitioner has approached this Court by filing the present p. 2 amit Writ Petition. 5. On a careful analysis of the submissions made by learned counsel for the Petitioner and the prayer made by the Petitioner in the present Writ Petition, this Court is of the view that the learned Civil Judges have overburdened with several thousand of suits. Therefore, no specific direction should be given to dispose of a particular suit. However, taking into consideration the fact that the suit is of the year 2014 and in the meantime, 12 years have been lapsed, this Court grants liberty to the Petitioner to move the learned Court in seisin over the matter with prayer for early disposal of the aforesaid suit. In such event, the learned Court in seisin over the mater shall do well to consider the case of the Petitioner and make all endeavour to dispose of the said suit as expeditiously as possible. This Court directs the parties not to take any unnecessary adjournments and shall cooperate with the learned trial Court for early disposal of the suit. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. (Aditya Kumar Mohapatra) Judge