IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

AU SMALL FINANCE BANK LTD.

....Petitioner

Versus

STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

...Respondents

Reserved on: 13.11.2025

Pronounced on: 16.12.2025

Uploaded on: 16.12.2025

Whether only operative part of the judgment is

pronounced or the full judgment is pronouned: full judgment

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHEEL NAGU, CHIEF JUSTICE

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV BERRY

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Present: Mr. Pritinker Diwaker, Senior Advocate, with

Mr. Nitin Thatai, Advocate

Ms. Monika Thatai, Advocate Ms. Shruti Sharma, Advocate Mr. Karan Sharma, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Mr. Neeraj Gupta, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana.

Mr. Pankaj Midha, Advocate, and

Mr. Jatin Bansal, Advocate for respondents No.4 and 5.

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SHEEL NAGU, C.J.

1. This petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by AU Small Finance Bank (‘Bank’ for brevity) praying for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing Respondent Nos. 4 and 5 to remove additional

charge on properties of Respondent Nos. 6 to 13 which are already mortgaged in favour of Petitioner Bank since 2022 and to further restrain respondents from interfering with the petitioner Bank’s process of recovering its dues und