$~97 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 18160/2025 RANDEEP KUMAR WADHWA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Krishna Kumar Mishra, Advocate.

versus RESERVE BANK OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhinav Sharma and Mr. Ayush Srivastava, Advocates for R-1 & R-4.

Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Standing Counsel for R-2 and R-3/SBI.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 01.12.2025 CM APPL. 75141/2025 (Exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. Application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) 18160/2025 & CM APPL. 75140/2025

3. This writ petition is filed by the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:-

“a. Issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction setting aside the order dated 03/01/2023 passed by Respondent No.4 (Banking Ombudsman);

b. Direct Respondent No.2 (State Bank of India) and Respondent No.3 (Branch of State Bank of India) to refund the entire amount of Rs.1,67,572/- (One Lakh Sixty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy- Two) fraudulently transferred from the Petitioner's account along with interest at the rate of 18% per annum from the date of the unauthorized transaction till