Judicial orders must be duly documented and communicated for administrative compliance in property attachment matters.

JUDGMENT

(Dated this the 20^th day of February, 2026)

The petitioner had availed a loan of ₹5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs only) from the 2^nd respondent Co-operative Bank. As security for the said loan, two items of property were mortgaged in favour of the 2^nd respondent. On default, arbitration proceedings were initiated. Ext. P1 is the judgment in W.P.(C) No.9076 of 2004 filed by the petitioner before this Court, whereby the sale certificate issued in favour of the Bank was set aside. By judgment dated 05.04.2005, this Court directed that, upon filing an appropriate petition for re-

delivery, the property shall be re-delivered to the petitioner.

The grievance of the petitioner is that Ext. P2 encumbrance certificate still contains an entry relating to the property in question reflecting the attachment. After disposal of the earlier writ petition, the petitioner produced a certified copy of the judgment before the 3^rd respondent and requested that the attachment entry be lifted from the records. However, by Ext. P6 communication, the 3^rd respondent informed the petitioner that unless a communication is received directly from the Court which passed the order, the request for lifting or effacing the attachment entry cannot be acted upon.

3. The learned Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the petitioner had produced only a photocopy of Ext. P1 before the 3^rd respondent and it is for that reason Ext. P6 communication was issued. Admittedly, Ext. P1 judgment has attained finality, as is evident from Ext. P4 communication issued by the 2^nd respondent to the petitioner. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of directing the petitioner to produce a certified copy of Ext. P1 judgment before the 3^rd respondent. If such certi the 3rd respondent shall efface the relevant entry in Book No.1 relating to the endorsement concerning the property in question, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.

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