M.Abdul Majeedh v. The Inspector General Of

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 11.04.2017

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.S.SIVAGNANAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN W.P.(MD) No.739 of 2016 Central Bank of India rep.by its Authorized Officer Virudhunagar Branch 77, South Car Street Virudhunagar-626 001 Virudhunagar District ... Petitioner -vs1.The District Collector Virudhunagar District 2.I.Maheswari 3.I.Farjana ... Respondents PRAYER : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the first respondent to pass orders on the petition given by the petitioner, dated 21.01.2015, under Section 14 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 within stipulated time.

For Petitioner :No appearance For Respondents :Mr.V.Muruganantham Addl. Govt. Pleader for R1 No appearance for R2 & R3

O R D E R

(Order of the Court by T.S.SIVAGNANAM, J.,) None appeared on behalf of the petitioner and the respondents 2 and 3.

2. Heard Mr.V.Muruganantham, learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the first respondent and carefully perused the materials placed on record.

https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

3. The petitioner - Bank is a Nationalized Bank and seeks for a direction upon the District Collector, Virudhunagar District / first respondent to pass orders on the petition filed by them under Section 14 of SARFAESI Act.

4. Earlier similar writ petitions were heard by this Bench and a common order has been passed with a direction to circulate the order to all the District Magistrates in the State. In the said order, a further direction has been issued to the District Magistrate to pass orders on the petition filed under Section 14 of SARFAESI Act within a reasonable time. It is not known as to why the petition filed by the petitioner - Bank on 21.01.2015, is still kept pending by the first respondent.

5. In the light of the above, without going into the merits of the claim made by the petitioner - Bank, there will be a direction to the first respondent to consider the petition filed by the petitioner - Bank and pass orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (C) /True copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To:

The District Collector, Virudhunagar District.

+1 CC to M/s.THE SPECIAL GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SR No. 51781 KRK/SKM PSM/RR/20.04.2017/2P/3C W.P.(MD) No.739 of 2016 11.04.2017 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/