IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:- 23.02.2026 GURPREET SINGH ... Petitioner Versus HDFC BANK AND ORS ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL Present:- Ms. Jasmine Garg, Advocate (through video conferencing) and Ms. Yukta Garg, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Nitin Thatai, Advocate (through video conferencing) and Mr. Karan Sharma, Advocate for respondents Nos.1 and 2.

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SUVIR SEHGAL, J. ( ORAL )

1. This petition has been filed, inter alia, for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent No.2-bank to defreeze petitioner’s salary account maintained with HDFC Bank Ltd., Court Road, Amritsar.

2. Counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner maintains salary account No.50100182361925 with respondent No.2-bank. He states that in September 2025 petitioner discovered that the said account had been debit- frozen without any prior notice or intimation, petitioner was informed that the freeze was applied on the basis of alleged four cyber fraud complaints, reflecting credits of Rs.2,250/-, Rs.2,250/-, Rs.720/- and Rs.720/-. Counsel has made a categoric assertion that there is no allegation of fraud against the peti