Dated this the 12 th day of July, 2024 The petitioner is the holder of an account with the Ramanattukara branch of the Federal Bank. All on a sudden, the petitioner started facing difficulties in operating his account. He, therefore, approached the 5th respondent for ascertaining the reason.

Thereupon, the petitioner was informed that his account had been frozen based on requisitions received from the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal as there were certain suspicious transactions in the account.

2. In spite of the petitioner's efforts, he was not able to obtain specific details regarding the alleged transactions and the complete hold over his account is causing immense hardship. Hence, this writ petition seeking a writ of Mandamus directing the bank to lift the debit freeze on the petitioner's account.

3. When the writ petition was taken up for consideration, it was submitted that a batch similar matters were disposed of as per the decision reported in Dr.Sajeer vs. Reserve Bank of India [2023 KHC online 661].

4. I heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader and the learned Standing Counsel for the Federal Bank.

5. The respondents, at whos