HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.3395 OF 2025 Date: 05.12.2025 Between Smt. M. Aarthi ……..Petitioner and Smt. M.Bharathi ….…respondent This Court passed the following

ORDER

Heard Sri C. Vishwanath, learned counsel representing Sri Mahadev Anyarambhatla, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. This revision is filed under Article - 227 of the Constitution of India, to issue a direction to the Principal Junior Civil Judge – cum – Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Courts, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at L.B.Nagar, for speedy disposal of O.S.No.172 of 2020.

3. Perusal of the plaint would reveal that the 1^st respondent/plaintiff is 69 years old. She is a senior Citizen. The suit is filed for partition and separate possession of suit schedule property and also cancellation of the registered gift settlement deed dated

27.01.2020. The suit is posted for framing of issues.

4. The year 1999 was observed as “International Year of Older Persons”. In view of the “National Policy for Older Persons” adopted by the Government of India, the erstwhile High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad issued a Circular vide ROC.No.4790/1999/OP Cell-E, dated 02.11.1999 directing all the Judicial Officers in the State to identify and dispose of matters in which persons above “65 years” of age are involved, on priority basis. Subsequently, erstwhile the High Court of Andhra Pradesh issued Circulars vide ROC.No.3465/E- 1/2003, dated 05.12.2003, ROC.No.1230/OP Cell-E/2005, dated 20.08.2005 and ROC.No.3465/E-1/2003, dated 14.12.2011 and the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh vide Circular in ROC.No.5226/OP Cell-E/2014, dated 20.12.2014, in which specific instructions are issued to give priority to the cases relating to senior citizens for the expeditious disposal. 5. In the light of the same, notice to respondent No.1 - plaintiff is waived of by invoking power of this Court under Article - 227 of the Constitution of India.

6. In view of the aforesaid discussion, this revision is disposed of directing the learned Principal Junior Civil Judge – cum –

Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Courts, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at L.B.Nagar, to dispose of O.S.No.172 of 2020 strictly in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six (6) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this revision shall stand closed.

_________________ K. LAKSHMAN, J Date: 05.12.2025.

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