JUDGMENT Jay Sengupta, J. - This is an application praying for an expeditious disposal of the proceeding under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the complainant in the present case. Although, the petitioner instituted the main proceeding as far back as in 2016, till date, only a date has been fixed for taking of evidence. The accused appeared once in 2017 and obtained bail. Thereafter, on several occasions the accused had prayed for adjournments. The matter has remained pending for no fault on the part of the present petitioner. 3. I have heard the submissions of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and have perused the revision petition. 4. No prejudice will be caused to anyone if a direction is passed for an expeditious disposal of the proceeding. 5. It appears that the proceeding has been pending for an unduly long period and this is a case under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. 6. In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the learned trial court is requested to conclude the proceeding as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties, preferably within a period of six months from the next date of hearing. 7. With these observations, the revisional application is disposed of. 8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, is to be given to the parties upon usual undertakings.