Rule 249.3 - Trial Readiness(a) A category A matter shall be presumptively deemed ready for trial twelve (12) months from the date of the initiation of the suit, which is the earliest date on which the case may be tried for purposes of Pa.R.C.P. No. 212.1(a). A category C matter (compulsory arbitrations) in which there has been an appeal from the award of arbitrators shall be presumptively deemed ready for trial two (2) months from the date of the filing of the appeal. Such matters shall immediately thereafter be placed on the trial list of the judge to whom the case is assigned, unless prior thereto an order has been entered deferring the placement on the trial list until a later date. Such order may be entered by the court on its own motion or pursuant to the procedures set forth in paragraph (b) below. (b) To obtain relief from the initial automatic trial listing pursuant to paragraph (a), above and, thereafter, from any deferred trial listing, a party must file a request for an administrative conference to be held in accordance with 249.1. The first request for administrative conference must be filed no later than eleven (11) months after the date of initiation of suit, except in category C matters. In category C matters, the first request for an administrative conference must be filed no later than ten (10) days after the filing of the appeal from the award of arbitrators. All subsequent requests for administrative conferences must be filed not less than thirty (30) days prior to the trial listing date. The request for an administrative conference must specify that deferment of trial listing will be requested at the conference. The request for administrative conference shall be filed of record and a copy thereof served upon counsel of record for each other party to the action, each unrepresented party, if any, the Court Administrator, and the assigned judge. (c) At any time prior to placement of a case on the trial list pursuant to the procedures set forth above, the court, either on its own motion or upon agreement of the parties or upon application of any party, may determine that any matter is ready for trial, in which event the court shall file a trial readiness order and the court administrator shall then notify all parties that the case has been placed on the trial list. (d) Category C matters shall be governed by C.C.R.C.P. No. 1301.1 et seq., unless and until an appeal from the award of arbitrators has been filed. Following the filing of such appeal, the rules set forth above shall apply.Chest. Cnty. Ct. Comm. Plea. R. 249.3