Ram Das v. The Union Of India And ORS.

17-09-2025 Item No.25 Subrata Bhattacharyya IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side AR(C) WPA No.16422 of 2025 Ram Das -vsUnion of India & Ors.

Mr. Achyut Basu Ms. Punam Basu Mr. Anirban Saha Mr. Amritansu Sengupta ...for the petitioner

1. The petitioner applied for obtaining educational loan under P.M. Vidya Lakshmi Common Education Loan Scheme before the Punjab National Bank. A copy of the application filed by the petitioner in the portal is annexed at pages 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the writ petition. Submission is that the same has not been considered till date.

2. None represents the bank. Affidavit-of-service is on record.

3. In the absence of the bank, it is not possible for the Court to decide the issue conclusively.

4. The petitioner asserts that the application for loan was submitted online and a student ID and application ID number has been generated.

5. There is, however, no proof of receipt of the said application by the bank.

6. In view of the above, the instant writ petition is disposed of by granting leave to the petitioner to file a copy of the application form annexed to the writ petition before the Branch Manager of the Punjab National Bank, Pathar Pratima Branch, respondent no. 7.

7. The Branch Manager shall take a decision on the loan application filed by the petitioner strictly in accordance with the Scheme within the time period as mentioned in the Scheme itself. The fate of the application shall be made known to the petitioner.

8.

All parties are to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

9.

Certified copy of this order, if applied for, shall be made available to the parties.

[Amrita Sinha, J]