Auth. Off. S. Indian Bank Ltd. v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

03.02.2022 Court No.13 Item No.23 AP WPA 15798 of 2021 Authorized Officer, The South India Bank Ltd.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal and Ors.

(Through Video Conference) Ms. Joyee Maiti ... For the Petitioner.

Despite notice the respondent State is not represented.

The writ petitioner is aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the District Magistrate, North 24-Parganas being the Respondent No.2 in disposing of an application under 14 of the SARFAESI Act being Memo No.235/2021 dated 19th March, 2021. The borrowers are inter alia M/s. Shree Gita Saw Mill and others.

The said application was followed up by a reminder dated 17th September, 2021 sent by Speed Post with acknowledgement. There is no action on the part of the respondent No.2 District Magistrate, North 24-Parganas till date.

In these circumstances, the respondent No.2, District Magistrate, North 24-Parganas is directed to dispose of the petitioner's application under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act mandatory and positively within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

The petitioner shall serve a copy of this order along with the writ petition afresh to the respondent No.2, District Magistrate, North 24-Parganas.

With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of.

There shall be no order as to costs.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)