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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 23^RD DAY OF APRIL 2019

BEFORE

THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE

WRIT PETITION NO.39736 OF 2018 (GM-RES)

BETWEEN:

MR.NIPUL P. SALOT

S/O MR. PRAFULLCHANDRA S. SALOT

AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS,

PRESENTLY R/AT

NO. 12/1, RESERVOIR ROAD,

NEAR CANARA BANK

KUMARA PARK WEST

SHESHADRIPURAM

BENGALURU - 560 020.

… PETITIONER

(BY SRI. DILRAJ ROHIT SEQUEIRA, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1.

THE STATE OF KARNATAKA

THROUGH BANASHANKARI POLICE STATION,

BANASHANKARI

BENGALURU - 560 085.

2.

THE CANARA BANK

REPRESENTED BY BRANCH MANAGER

NO.63, RAILWAY PARALLEL ROAD,

K.P.WEST,

BENGALURU - 560 020.

… RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. Y.D. HARSHA, AGA FOR R1)

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THIS

WRIT

PETITION

IS

FILED

UNDER

ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF

INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECT TO DEFREEZ THE

SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT OF THE PETITIONER

BEARING

NO.0422101009458

OF

THE

WITH

CANARA BANK, K.G. ROAD BRANCH, BANGALORE

VIDE

ANNX-A,

AS

IT

IS

ILLEGAL

AND

UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ETC.

THIS

WRIT

PETITION

COMING

ON

FOR

ORDERS, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE

FOLLOWING:-

ORDER

Sri.Dilraj Rohit Sequeira, learned counsel for

the petitioner.

Sri.Y.D.Harsha,

learned

Additional

Government Advocate for the respondent No.1.

The petition is admitted for hearing. With the

consent of learned counsel for the parties, the same

is heard finally.

2.

In this petition, the petitioner inter alia

has prayed for the following reliefs:

“a. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other

writ, order or direction to defreez the

savings bank account of the petitioner

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bearing No.0422101009458 with Canara

Bank, K.G. Road Branch, Bengaluru

produced at Annexure-A as it is illegal

and unconstitutional.”

3.

When the matter was taken up today,

learned counsel for the parties jointly submitted

that the controversy involved in the instant writ

petition is squarely covered by an order passed by a

Bench of this Court dated 04.04.2018 passed in

W.P.Nos.13516-13518/2018.

4.

In view of the aforesaid submission and

for the reasons assigned by a Bench of this Court in

order dated 04.04.2018 passed in W.P.Nos.13516-

13518/2018, the writ petition stands disposed of on

same terms and with similar directions.

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JUDGE

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