IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH MONDAY, THE 23^RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024 / 1ST ASWINA, 1946 WP(C) NO. 23158 OF 2024 PETITIONER:

VEERABABU, AGED 54 YEARS S/O. ARUNACHALAM, AYYAPPAS, VENGANOORTHERUVU, PUNNAMOODU, PALLICHAL, KALLIYOOR, THRIVUNANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, PIN - 695020 BY ADVS.

P.JINISH PAUL SNEHA V.

FATHIMA SHERIN RESPONDENT:

REPCO HOME FINANCE LTD., PROMOTED BY REPCO BANK, GROUND FLOOR, NIHAL COMPLEX TC NO. 20/2381, NH MAIN ROAD, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER, PIN - 695002 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23.09.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 23^rd day of September, 2024 The present Writ Petition has been filed seeking the following prayers:

(a) To issue a Writ of Mandamus, or such other Writ, Order or Direction to the respondent to keep in abeyance the proceedings pursuant to Ext.P2 to auction the mortgaged property of the petitioner.

(b) To direct the respondent to grant reasonable time to petitioner to pay off the debt either in installment or as lumsum payment on arriving at a onetime settlement within reasonable