IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA

17^th APRIL, 2026 Between:

Gaddam Vishwanatham … Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, and 12 others.

… Respondents

ORDER

Heard Mr. M. Prashanth Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Finance and Planning for respondent No.1, Ms. B. Kavitha Yadav, learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.2, Mr. Keerthi Thimmaraju, learned counsel representing Ms.S.V. Rama for respondent No.13. Perused the record.

2. This writ petition is filed with the following prayer:

“to issue writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring in the action of the respondents No 4 to 12 in harassing the petitioner herein as illegal arbitrary and unjust contrary to norm of RBI Circular RBI/2019-20/186/ DOR NO. BP.BC.4721.04.048/2019-20, dated 27-03-2020, Guidelines of RBI Rules, dt.01.07.2015 and Resolution dt.07.06.2019 in the interest of justice.”

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respondent Nos.4 to 13 in violation of the R.B.I. guidelines dated 27.03.2020 are harassing the parents of the petitioner employing abusive language for recovery of loan amount. The petitioner seeks a direction to respondent Nos.4 to 13 to follow R.B.I. guidelines while undertaking their activities for recovery of loan amount.

4. The learned counsel for respondent No.9 has given an undertaking that no measures beyond the R.B.I. guidelines would be employed while recovering the loan amount. Further, it is submitted that the guidelines relied upon by the petitioner are applicable to the Covid-19 Pandemic period, but not the present times. However, he has given an undertaking to follow R.B.I. guidelines and so also, the learned counsel for respondent Nos.6, 7, 9 and 10 have also given undertakings for following the R.B.I. guidelines.

5. Recording the said undertakings given by the learned counsel for respondent Nos.6, 7, 9, and 10, the writ petition is disposed of. However, there shall be no order as to costs.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending in this writ petition, shall stand closed.

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RENUKA YARA, J Date: 17.04.2026

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