BASANT BALAJI J ======================

W.P.(C) No. 22323 of 2025 ========================

Dated 24^th day of February, 2026 JUDGMENT The petitioner had availed a mortgage loan from the respondent Bank. Subsequently, he committed default in repayment of the loan amount as per the agreed terms. In view of the said default, the respondent Bank initiated recovery proceedings against the secured asset under the provisions of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act , 2002. Aggrieved by the measures so initiated by the respondent Bank under the said Act, the petitioner has approached this Court by filing the present writ petition.

2. During the hearing, the petitioner confined the relief to an opportunity to repay the overdue amount in instalments and to obtain regularisation of the loan accounts.

3. It was submitted on behalf of the respondent Bank that the petitioner committed default in repayment of the housing loan, and the total overdue amount as on 24.02.2026 is Rs. 17,11,218/- (Rupees Seventeen Lakh Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Eighteen Only). It was further submitted that though proceedings for recovery have been initiated