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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR, RAVI CHEEMALAPATI
Prajapath Ramesh Kumar, S/o. Saganaji – Appellant
Versus
Union Bank Of India, Rep. By Its Authorized Officer, SPSR Nellore District – Respondent
ORDER :
Ravi Cheemalapati, J.
The petitioner, claiming to be the tenant of the premises, challenges the order dated 10.05.2024 passed in Crl.M.P.No.27 of 2024 by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Nellore, under the provisions of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (for short, ‘the SARFAESI Act’) whereby and whereunder a warrant of commission was issued for taking over physical possession of the subject premises.
2. The contents of the writ petition, in brief, are that the petitioner is a tenant of the subject premises since 2011 as is evidenced by GST Registration Certificate and owners of the said premises executed a registered lease deed in his favour on 26.12.2023 for a period of two years, which expires on 29.09.2025. That when his owners tried to evict him, he filed O.S.No.33 of 2024 on the file of learned Principal Junior Civil Judge, Kovur and the same was ended in compromise before Lok Adalat bench, Kovur and an award was passed on 16.03.2024 as per which the petitioner is entitled to continue in possession of the property till expiry of lease on 29.09.2025.
It is fu
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Court authorized petitioners' claim as tenants under SARFAESI Act; Tribunal to decide on tenancy issues.
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A secured creditor must acknowledge existing tenancy rights when seeking possession of mortgaged property under the SARFAESI Act.
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