Parties are under a mandatory obligation to comply with procedural office objections within the stipulated time prescribed by the court, and failure to do so results in the matter being placed before the presiding judge for final orders.

Headnote:(A) Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Order VI - Pleadings - Removal of office objections - Non-compliance with court directives - The court mandated that office objections must be removed within a specified timeframe, failing which the matter, despite the volume of consolidated applications, would be placed before the Presiding Judge for further adjudication. (Para 1)

Facts of the case:
The matter involves a large number of consolidated appeals, civil applications, and revision petitions involving various parties. Upon reviewing the office note, it was observed that the parties had failed to comply with existing office objections within the stipulated timeframe prescribed by the High Court Registry.

Findings of Court:
The Court granted a final opportunity of four weeks for the parties to rectify all pending office objections. It was directed that all captioned matters be treated with this order, and failure to comply would result in mandatory placement before the High Court for dismissal or further appropriate orders.

Issues: Whether the persistent failure to remove office objections in a consolidated set of long-pending procedural matters warrants further extension or judicial intervention.

Ratio Decidendi: Procedural compliance is essential for the efficiency of the judicial process. Where parties fail to remove objections within a fixed period, the court provides a peremptory period to ensure finality, balancing the right to be heard with the necessity of timely litigation management.

Result: Extension of four weeks granted to remove office objections, failing which matters to be placed before the Court.

CORAM: ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR (JUDICIAL)

Date : 17/04/2026

COMMON ORAL ORDER

On perusal of office note dated 17.04.2026, the office objections have not been removed within stipulated period. Hence, the office objections are ordered to be removed within a period of 4 weeks from the date of this order, failing which, the matter shall be placed before the Hon’ble Court.

The office is directed to place the copy of this order in each of the captioned matters.

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Guj) 10767

Parties are under a mandatory obligation to comply with procedural office objections within the stipulated time prescribed by the court, and failure to do so results in the matter being placed before the presiding judge for final orders.

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