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. B GOPALAKRISHNAN ... PETITIONER
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KRISHI BHHVAN, HUES'N CI'CLE
NRUPATHUNGA ROAD
BANGALORE-1
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DEBI RECOVER! APPELLATE TRIBUNAL«tE
ETHIRAJU SALAI at :~Es
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PUNJAB NATIGRAL BANK
REPRESENTED BY ITS MANA EA:
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BANGALORE-560 oo9_f; § _E*,,,*REsPoNDENTs
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THIS WRIT PETITION Cqmifié up Egg ADMISSION THIS
DAY, THE couar DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
CYRIAC JOSEPH ¢}J,fOraif<, .'
(1) Even thuugh the petitioner has time. energy
:j"and .fieney: to file .unnecessary and frivolous cases
isepeétedly; he appears to be determined not to pay the
amdufits idgg; fibi the third respondent-Bank. Otherwise
it' 'therei ie_ he justification for filing this writ
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(2; The earlier writ Petitien ue.1429e/zooj filed
by" the petitione:= was disposed. of .ey 'this "Geurt:,dn
3.1o;2oo7 with the fbllowing dieeetieeezeeeeeerej.
«{1} The undertaking giyen dndbehal idf the "
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petitioner to depceit '"r-curd"; E-sL_"8';8
lekhe within six weeks _frdm "today? is
recorded.
(2) In viak pf iheefibeiedupderfaking, the
Appellate ,Trieuna; Wis ‘directed to defer-
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consideretieg df’RIA@53f2OQ’ ror a period of
{3} If the fieeifiieder deposits with the bank
tie ,saiaa.eum’ er vRs.8.8 -lakhe within six
‘eeeka from fidday and if the Recovery Officer
d”dep9eite with the bank the sale proceeds of
“Reei€}2 fiakhs, it snail be treated as
iaeuffieiene compliance with Section-21 of the
Act end the Appeal.R.A.53l2006 filed.by the
=petitioner shall be entertained by the
–H®pellate Tribunal.
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(4) If the gotitioner £211: to aqpo-1tr;h§H_
sum of Rs.B.B lakhs with the bank
anon: .£ro| today, it. Ihal1.ibo .a…;a aeea£*”
the petitioner ha: not
req’eiru*-c-rant of seat.’-.-aezlji ‘1
reagent of RuA.53/2006.’ L
(5) The prayer for merging-..:th.e snit.i_:f’il«ed by
the petitioner ingthe with” 0.11.
filed in DRT is m’ii.<zoAonc.ei:irerj: =__devoid of
merit and her'.o_e the rejected.
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Debt’ ” Reeofiyerfiiifiij i-‘spg5eJ.”1ate” Tribunal will stand
modified to rh§=abo§e extent.”
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A’b_ehalf_ petitioner to deposit the amount of
1:{i.’thin six weeks from the date of the
Vivorderfi Theieeiid undertaking was given by the learned
“”:I”,4″‘Co’i2:1eel’for’ the petitioner after taking instructions
petitioner who was personally present in
In paragraph 5 of the order dated. 3.10.2007,
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this Court had recorded that the learned Counsel for.
the petitioner after taking instructionat :§on*ntnea’
petitioner who was present in Co_13rt.__subm.it-Vteri;
petitioner was willing to deposit in iéun” bf iR3;€é8
lakhs within six weeks from. tnee” deyf a§W e ipreef
condition for entertaining khia._apneali before the
Appellate Tribunal. The Court aifig recorded that even”
though the petitioner hao not ke§t”hio word on many
occasions in the past;,thejCourtiwaa inclined to give
it’ to the”pmtitionex in the
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justioe:”It1is§finder’such circumstances that the
Court direoted’.tnat’ if_ the petitioner failed to
deposit the sum of_Rs.€;E lakhs with the Bank within
Zeeig. weekejlfromi the hhhhh .date of the order. it shall be
Vd9ened_thatfithe_petitioner has not complied with the.
reouirament of Section*21 of the Recovery of Debts due
Vto Bankai and Financial Institutions Act; 1993.
~flinHoQeve:. after obtaining the order dated 3.10.2007 in
iWePgNo;l4296/2007, what the petitioner did was to file
itwa–Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court against
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the order. According to the learned Counsel for the
petitioner, the said SLP has not been ,edmittedr.and
that it is still pending in the Wsu§remé”dc¢g;£;#
Simultaneously, the petitioner ‘filed an “e§plicetiofi_d
(I.A.No.1339/2007) in R.A.53/Ego: “Quiet “wasnfleending A
before. the Debts Reoove:yhzAnpeileteAVEfibLnel. The
after waiving vthe :pre~depgg;td7c§fiditions. However,
after the fipfieliete.irihnna$dpeeeed–Annexure ‘D’–order
dated 21.1it2éd?hdiemieein§iR;Ag53/2006 on the ground
of nonfoonfilience of the_denosit under Section 21 of
the Act endin,teffie*ofwthe order of the High Court.
However, insteado of dteferring to the order dated
“‘3,1o;§oQi in w§§;No;14296/2007, the Appellate Tribunal
dtheedfirong}f”teferred to an order dated 21.12.2006 in
W.?.Nb}183§?/2006. It is obviously an inadvertent
V7,.’fimisteke;7:.Aggrieved by Annexure .’D’-order, the
ddtfpetitiofiér has filed this writ petition,
ah amount of Rs.8.8 lakhs within six'”weeke”V..fro1n.l_
date o-f”t’he said order to 3ai:AisfyLthe’-Zrequiretnezgtt I
Section 21 of the Act _and,i’i_f the_”petitionve:r_zfailedjito
deposit the said amount the tinie lgstipulated,
the Appellate Tribunal..’_ P1-ledééd with the
case on the basis that.”Vt’he’; in R._A.53/2006′
did not complyflfith I of Section 21 of
the Act. R.A.53/2006 did not
comply Section 21 of the Act,
the natural eras bound to follow. The
natural c«:o:;_:eeq_uen_oeV.: diemieeal of the appeal on
“yVAhne#urefft’aorderWie not vitiated by an” illegality
(5).V__d:’ Learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted
Section 21, the Appellate Tribunal has
–..fipovi¢;°er to waive or reduce the amount to’ be deposited-
application (:.A.No.1339/2oo7)_mbut,_«~’tt»iti:j~_upeaatapp jot
considered by the Appellate Trl§,:bunalzL pith’
is not clear whether I.A.ri’o4_f1339,/_;éC07 t.::a’u’s_: the
Appellate Tribunal’ on ‘D’-
order was passed. cop§”:_’é’ produced
before this Court does not However:
it is seen the I application was
received by” the respondent on
fi’1″here”:V is no material before
the Conrt ‘ “lconclusion that the said
ap1olic:.atioii.__’ Appellate Tribunal on
_.V2l.11._%:2′{)07 wheat Aanexure ‘D’–order was passed.
the ‘fippelie.t’eVAV.’:;Tribuna1, the Appellate Tribunal was not
bounda.to,__Ӣon:sider the said application, in View of the
1′ proceedings and orders in the ease.
it ifihalleinging the earlier order of the Appellate”
V..Vd”–‘tribunal directing the petitioner to deposit Rs.76.3O
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akhe to satisfy the requirtment ef Seetion”‘2_1″–«.o’:’;” the
21:’?
ct, ‘cue petitiener had filed W.P,_E€e.iii’21’9«6i}?–OG’7.
Taking the view that the saidm>dii*e.e’tioh’jqte v”:1epQe’1.L “*..
R-5.76.30 lakhs was too h.areh,3 ~:
considering the undertak,ia’ng__ giVva_h” on %
petitioner that he was tet’-depdjeitg a suit: ef
R_s.8.8 lakha within Coutt “disposed of
w.p.No.14296/2007 oh ‘.3f.’_’i£;):.2tlf)”};-‘.I’V_~i__’.’–~d’irecting the
petitioner tq.vde£gc:sit§_” at lakhs_withir_1 six
weeks as a:’ the appeal
filed be’fo:.e:”the*;.;Appeiiate””‘Tribunal. When this Ceext
directeti shall depeeit a -__of
Rs.8.8 iakhei as ‘ e ‘.pre-gconditien for -enterta-ining the
– .r.i .di.rAe–::tien was issued by this-Court in View of
the given by the petitienar. the
it peti’t~ion_er isiae not entitled to file any ap.plication
jwaivetr of the deposit-under Section .21 of” the. Act”.
iHer1»c,e;1_–‘_ any emission on the part of i the Appellate
V.”i-~~.fi”I’ri?bunal to pass an order on” Annexure ‘C’-application
cannot vitiate .Annexure ‘D’– order of the Sfipallate
Tribunal dismissing the appeal on the grcaha hf non-
compliance with Section 21 of the Act jjfi.-.ii’e’% ao§§c_1ér.,_
passed by this Court.
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(6) In View of the ‘¢o}1apctA”cf
are satisfied that ithis :wrtt,’patitibn-“15§ not only
frivolous but also an tabaséf dfQftha_ process of t
curt. Hence. sthe :writ::§€titi5nhTia’ liable to be
dismissed with c1t<5étf_:s..
Wtiiaa _1-‘jatition is dismissed with
costs of>Bs,10,QOfif;”t§Nbe paid by the petitioner to
the High fiburt _Legalt Services Committee within one
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