Opposite party causes unnecessary delay absenting on date of hearing

While listening a Transfer application (TA-Civil) High Court Allahabad allowed the Transfer to another district with the direction that the (lower) Court may proceed to decide the same in accordance with law expeditiously by curtailing all unnecessary adjournments and fixing short and quick dates. However after the transfer of case, the opposite party which was the applicant in above Transfer case (TA-Civil), delaying the case in lower court by giving multiple adjournments applications showing illness as reason and on one occasion producing medical certificate as well. I got to know that the applicant was present at his job during many hearing dates on which adjournments granted. So case in lower court is still in trial. In above situation what I can do for - 1. Expedite the hearing of case in Lower Court 2. Punish the opposite party for unnecessary delaying the case.