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Indian leader helps to end 77-year-old row

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NEW DELHI, March 25 (UPI) -- Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has asked a court to expedite a property dispute case that has been lingering for 77 years.

The Lucknow bench of High Court has listed the case for an early hearing and final disposal.

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Fed up with the delay, 83-year-old Ram Dayal, wrote a letter to Kalam urging him to help resolve a court battle over a property that had begun in 1927.

Dayal wants a house that was pledged to his grandfather by a man who had defaulted in a loan repayment, Indo Asian News Service reported.

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