Can ep filed justifying the court about the delay in late filing ep

Obtained a pertual decree from district lower court restraining defendants and his men from entering the suit property of plaintiff's peaceful possession and enjoyment of the same.suit filed was in 1986 and perpetual decree granted in the year 2002.after that whenever the degree holder tries to enjoy his possession judgement debtor doing obstructions in many other ways.till 2018 decree holder not initiated any legal proceedings wide court like ep or contempt of JD's activities.in 2018 when a warning notice sent through a advocate to JD they replied with rubbish and as though not aware of earlier decree of court and remained silent.being silent they filed a fresh suit claiming for permanent injunction to restrain the decree holder of ex suit by producing wrong revenue records and supression of facts and earlier settled suit and its decree.so we stopped proceeding wide filing EP inorder to prosecute the current suit as per our advoate's advice.and also as per adv advice EP shall be proceeded later also after dealing of the new suit which JD filed and rightnow in progress in same taluk court.even in the new suit we filed written statements and counter informing the court abt earlier litigations and it's decree.also we filed a IA.to appoint adv.commission to prove the suit property in new suit was the same in our earlier suit and the JD of ex suit has not come with clean hands on this new suit producing wrong revenue records and the same IA was numbered and awaiting adv.commission appntment by court.on this situation,can the decree holder of ex suit file EP?Is there any limitation of period to file such EP now based on the earlier perpetual decree obtained by decree holder against the JD.Also along with same petition can decree holder pray to dismiss the new suit in order to avoid waste of time and abuse of the process of the court?.pls advise