I was at CW two weeks ago and was told by one officer that they were conducting a survey to see if PR was still necessary. Another officer, one from the PR section, told me that all backlog PR applications would be cleared within this year. She mentioned something about some foreigners taking the government to court because of the delay in issuing PRs. Maybe I didn't pick this up correctly as my understanding of Thai is less than when I applied for PR 5 years ago.