sharing my timeline below, hope it'll be helpful for someone waiting for veryyyy long
finally got approval after waiting for 7 months and a week.
Applied for ILR Route : T2G Set (O), Main + 2 Dependents, BRP expired in Dec'20
Application type: Standard (no Priority)
Date application sent : 13-Sep-2020
Payment Debited : 14-Sep-2020
Ack letter received (if applicable) : No
Biometric Letter received : NA
Document received by HO : uploaded to UKVCAS 17-Sep-2020 and submitted during Biometric appointment
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 09-Oct-2020
Approval Received : 20/04/2021 09:47 AM
BRP Card Received : waiting
Escalation : only used UKVI contact center escalation on 6th April, was not able to get any update from CSR before that. got generic email reply on 8th April that the application process has not yet completed and will take time.
Best of luck for others who are waiting !
many thanks to all the moderators here, you are amazing