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 *****

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

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 recov