V.M.Muthu, v. The Chief Manager (Rbd),

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 01.08.2017

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.RAVICHANDRABAABU Writ Petition No.14793 of 2017 V.M.Muthu ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Chief Manager (RBD) Indian Bank Educational Loan Section Rural Banking Department 1st Floor, 'B' Wing 254-260 Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai-600 014.

2.The Branch Manager Indian Bank, Katpadi, Vellore District. ... Respondents Prayer :

Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondent bank to grant Educational Loan to a sum of Rs.4,65,000/- to the petitioner's daughter by namely M.Rambiya to enable her to pursue higher education in Bachelor of Science in Nursing (for short Nursing) for the period of 2016 to 2020 in Sri Narayani College of Nursing, at Sripuram, Thirumalaikodi, Vellore District, without any further delay as claimed by the petitioner in on-line application dated 12.05.2017. For Petitioner : Mr.B.Gopalakrishnan For Respondents : Mr.O.S.Karthikeyan

O R D E R

The petitioner seeks for Educational Loan for his daughter from the respondent Bank. He submitted the application manually and also through on-line seeking for disbursement of such educational loan. The present writ petition is filed seeking for a direction to the respondent Bank to grant the educational loan to a sum of Rs.4,65,000/- to the petitioner, to pursue his daughter's studies in Bachelor of Science in Nursing. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

2. After notice, the matter is taken up today for further hearing. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent Bank, based on instructions, submitted that though the petitioner has filed the application through on-line, the relevant documents were submitted only on 21.07.2017 and hence his application along with the documents were sent to the Zonal Office for scrutiny. Therefore, he submitted that appropriate orders will be passed within a short time.

3. Considering the above stated facts and circumstances and considering the submission made by the learned counsel for the respondent Bank, this writ petition is disposed of, by directing the respondent Bank to consider the application of the petitioner for educational loan and pass appropriate orders on the same, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS IV) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar mk +1cc to Mr.B.Gopalakrishnan, Advocate, S.R.No.54666 W.P. No.14793 of 2017 CS IV CA(11/08/2017) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/