JUDGMENT

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The 1st petitioner is a senior citizen aged 75 years and the 2nd petitioner is her son. The petitioners-landlord have filed R.C.P.No.214 of 2020 before the Rent Control Court (Munsiff), Ernakulam, a petition filed under Sections 11(2)(b) and 11(3) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965, against the respondent herein-tenant seeking eviction from the petition schedule building. A copy of the R.C.P. is placed on record as Ext.P1.

2. Along with R.C.P.No.214 of 2020, the landlord filed I.A.No.1 of 2020, an application under Section 12 of the Act, seeking an order directing the tenant to pay Rs.2,50,000/- to the landlord or deposit the said amount towards arrears of rent with 18% interest from February, 2020, failing which to stop all further proceedings in R.C.P.No.214 of 2020 and put the landlords the possession of the petition schedule building. Now, the grievance of the petitioners is the delay in disposal of I.A.No.1 of 2020 in R.C.P.No.214 of 2020. In this original petition filed under Article 227 of the constitution of India invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court, the relief sought for is an order directing the Rent Con