2023 Supreme(Online)(ALL) 2488
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
RAJESH CHAUDHARY – Appellant
Versus
ALOK SACHAN BRANCH MANAGER OF UTTAR PRADESH SHAHKARI GRAM VIKAS – Respondent
CAPL 8369 2023
Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:219225
Court No. - 9
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 8369 of
2023
Applicant :- Rajesh Chaudhary
Opposite Party :- Alok Sachan Branch Manager Of Uttar
Pradesh Shahkari Gram Vikas
Counsel for Applicant :- Shashi Prakash Giri
Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.
The writ Court on 20.07.2023 while deciding Writ-C No.21063
of 2023 had passed the following order:-
"Heard Mr. Shashi Prakash Giri, learned counsel for the petitioner and
Mr. Manoj Nigam, learned counsel for the respondent-Bank.
With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this writ petition is
being finally disposed off at this stage without calling for a counter
affidavit.
The present petition has been filed with the following prayers:
"(i) issue a writ, order or direction, in the nature of certiorari quashing
the impugned recovery citation dated 12.12.2022 issued by the respondent
no. 2 against the petitioner for depositing an outstanding due amount of
Rs. 3,40,000/- within 15 days from the date of service of the impugned
recovery citation.
(ii) issue a writ, order or direction, in the nature of certiorari to quash the
impugned attachment/kurki order dated 19.06.2023 passed by respondent
no. 2 for mortgaged land property of the petitioners.
iii) issue a writ, order or direction, in the nature of mandamus directing
the respondent authority/Bank not to take any coercive measure against
the petitioner in the garb of impugned recovery citation attachment/kurki
orders in any manner."
On 10.07.2023, the following order has been passed:-
"Heard Mr. Shashi Prakash Giri, learned counsel for the petitioner and
Mr. Manoj Nigam, learned counsel for the respondent-Bank.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner took a loan
of Rs. 70,000/- in the year 2008-09 from the concerned Bank but due to
some personal difficulty he could not maintain the regular payment of
installments,therefore, recovery citation dated 12.12.2022 of Rs.3,40,000/-
has been issued against him without giving the benefit of one time
settlement as quoted by the government and recovering interest of an
amount which is more than the principal amount.
Learned counsel for the respondent-bank submits that he is ready and
willing to consider the aforesaid grievance of the petitioner in case the
petitioner deposits the principal amount of Rs. 70,000/-.
In view of the above, the petitioner is directed to deposit Rs. 70,000/- by
18th July, 2023 before the respondent-Bank.
Put up this matter as fresh on 20th July, 2023."
In compliance of aforesaid order the petitioner has already deposited Rs.
70,000/- before the respondent-bank.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready and
willing to deposit the rest outstanding amount of Rs. 2,35,596/- within the
time fixed by this Court.
Learned counsel appearing for the Bank fairly states that the Bank is
interested in realizing the entire amount alongwith interest and if the
petitioner deposits the amount within the time granted by this Court, no
further action shall be taken against the him by the Bank.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of
justice, the present writ petition is disposed off with the following
directions:-
(i) The rest outstanding amount shall be deposited by the petitioner in four
monthly equal installments.
(ii) The installments shall be deposited in first week of respective calendar
month.
(iii) Recovery proceedings during this period will be kept in abeyance. In
case petitioner commits default in depositing any of the installments
within the above stipulated time, it will be open to the respondents to start
recovery proceedings again by taking coercive process to which the
petitioner undertakes not to challenge.
(iv) Petitioner may file an application for supply of statement of account
along with the duly stamped self addressed envelope. In case any such
application is filed, t