Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
(i) All suits, appeals or applications for the prosecution or defence of which persons in the service of Government, Officers in the Army or soldiers have obtained leave of absence, should be disposed of as soon as they are ripe for hearing, irrespectively of the order in which they may stand on the register, and as speedily as may be consistent with the due administration of justice. (ii) When an officer or soldier has obtained leave of absence for the purpose of instituting or defending a suit, appeal or application, and the case cannot be decided within the period