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Karnataka High Court

M/S Silktex Limited vs State Bank Of India on 18 November, 2025

Author: Suraj Govindaraj

Bench: Suraj Govindaraj

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                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

                     DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025

                                            BEFORE
                      THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ
                      WRIT PETITION NO. 12507 OF 2021 (GM-RES)
                   BETWEEN

                   M/ s SILKTEX LIMITED
                   REGISTERED OFFICE AT NO.34, II FLOOR,
                   KRISHNA REDDY COLONY,
                   DOMLUR LAYOUT,
                   BENGALURU-560071.
                   REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR
                   MR.SAKET CHURIWALA.
                                                                   .... PETITIONER


                   (BY SRI. RAKESH B. BHAT., ADVOCATE)

                   AND

                     1. STATE BANK OF INDIA
                        CORPORATE CENTER
                        STATE BANK BHAVAN,
Digitally signed        MADAM CAMA ROAD,
by SHWETHA              NARIMAN POINT
RAGHAVENDRA
                        MUMBAI-400021,
Location: HIGH
COURT OF                REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR.
KARNATAKA            2. DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER
                        STATE BANK OF INDIA,
                        STRESSED ASSETS MANAGEMENT BRANCH, 2ND FLOOR,
                        OFFICE COMPLEX BUILDING,
                        LHO CAMPUS,
                        NO.65, ST.MARKS ROAD,
                        BENGALURU-560001.
                     3. THE AUTHORIZED OFFICER AND
                        ASSISTANT GENERAL MANGER AND CLO-5,
                        STATE BANK OF INDIA,
                        STRESSED ASSETS MANAGEMENT BRANCH,
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     2ND FLOOR, OFFICE COMPLEX BUILDING,
     LHO CAMPUS,
     NO.65, ST.MARKS ROAD,
     BENGALURU-560001.


                                                      .... RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI. VIKRAM HUILGOL., SR COUNSEL FOR
SRI. ASHOK KUMAR.M., ADVOCATE FOR R1 TO R3)

     THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF
CERTIORARI OR ANY OTHER WRIT OR ORDER AND QUASH THE
LETTER SBI/SAMB/LCLO-5/SILKTEX/2020-21/203 DATED 08.09.2020
ANNEXURE-Y ISSUED BY R2 AND ETC.

     THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS AND HAVING
BEEN RESERVED FOR ORDERS ON 27.10.2025, THIS DAY, THE
COURT PRONOUNCED THE FOLLOWING:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ


                              CAV ORDER


1.   Petitioner        is   before   the   Court   seeking     for   the

     following reliefs:

          i.    Issue a writ of certiorari or any other writ or order
                and     quash     the      letter    SBI/SAMB/LCLO-
                5/SILKTEX/2020-21/203          dated     08.09.2020-
                Annexure-Y issued by R2;

         ii.    Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ or order
                and direct the Respondent Bank to refund the excess
                amount of Rs.4,05,93,277/- along with interest &
                damages to the Petitioner.

         iii.   Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ or order
                and direct the Respondent Bank to compensate the
                Petitioner for missing inventories.
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     iv.    Pass such other order as this Hon'ble Court deems fit
            in the interest of justice and equity.



2.   The Petitioner claims to be a public limited company

     registered under the provisions of the Companies

     Act, 1956, being in the business of manufacturing

     and exporting silk-blended fabrics and apparel. The

     Petitioner had availed of financial facilities from the

     overseas branch of Respondent No. 1, State Bank of

     India, as regards which the Petitioner had mortgaged

     immovable properties owned by the company in

     favour of the Respondent Bank, as also hypothecated

     certain plant and machinery.

3.   The Petitioner was unable to repay the amount in

     favour of Respondent -Bank allegedly due to poor

     market conditions, pursuant to which Respondent

     No.3    had    issued    notice    on    18.07.2015     under

     subsection (2) of Section 13 of the Securitisation and

     Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement

     of Security Interest Act, 2002, [hereinafter referred
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     to as 'Sarfaesi Act']. Pursuant to which possession

     notice having been issued on 16.09.2015, a notice

     under subsection (4) of Section 13 of the Sarfaesi

     Act was issued, taking symbolic possession.

4.   Thereafter, the Respondent issued an e-auction sale

     notice dated 14.12.2015, fixing the date of auction

     as 19-01.2016. The auction not being successful,

     another e-auction notice was issued on 10.02.2016,

     which was also unsuccessful for want of bidders.

5.   A further notice of intimation of sale was issued on

     16.04.2016 of movable and immovable properties, as

     regards which a e-auction sale notice had been

     issued on 13.04.2016, indicating the date of auction

     on 18.05.2016. The said auction was also not held on

     account of a lack of bidders. Respondent-Bank took

     physical possession of the entire property, including

     the factory premises, plant and machinery under

     subsection (4) of Section 13 of the Sarfaesi Act.
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6.   On 14.08.2018, the Bank informed the Petitioner

     that State Bank of India has come out with a one-

     time   settlement   scheme    2018    [OTS]    and    the

     Petitioner would be eligible to take benefit of the OTS

     scheme. In the said letter, a one-time settlement for

     an amount of Rs.6,23,31,720/-, was given to the

     Petitioner   with the   Petitioner   having   time   until

     30.09.2018 to communicate its acceptance of the

     offer and pay 5% of the OTS amount, namely

     Rs.31,16,586/-.

7.   In the meanwhile, on 30.08.2018, the Bank issued a

     statutory notice of 15 days under Rule 6(2) and Rule

     8(6) of the Security Interest Bracket (Enforcement)

     Rules, 2002, for the sale of movable and immovable

     assets, with the auction scheduled to be held on

     18.09.2018. Immediately on receipt of the notice,

     the Petitioner visited the respondent-Bank to inform

     them that it intended to avail the benefit of the OTS

     scheme and that they would submit their acceptance
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     letter with initial payment of Rs.31,16,586/- within

     the period as prescribed in the OTS letter. These

     amounts were deposited on 28.09.2018. However,

     on 16.10.2018, Respondent Bank sent an email

     containing an attachment, a letter dated 12.10.2018,

     indicating that the Respondent had proceeded with

     the e-auction sale, the property had been auctioned,

     it is under the cover of that letter that a Bankers

     cheque was issued, returning the amount deposited

     by the Petitioner.

8.   Further, respondent No.2 had mentioned that the

     property,   having   been    auctioned   for   a   total

     consideration of Rs.13,05,00,000/- the total due

     being Rs.16,80,03,570/-, the balance amount is

     required to be paid by the Petitioner.

9.   The Petitioner challenged the auction sale before this

     Court in WP No. 47816/2018, which came to be

     disposed of vide order dated 17.12.2018, indicating
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      that   the   Petitioner   has     an    alternative    remedy

      available under Section 17 of the Sarfaesi Act.

10.   Hence, the Petitioner challenged the auction before

      the Debt Recovery Tribunal in SR No. 11184 of 2018

      by filing an application for condonation of the delay

      of    75   days. The said       application came        to   be

      dismissed, and so also the appeal came to be

      dismissed as barred by limitation. The Petitioner

      thereafter approached the Debt Recovery Appellate

      Tribunal.

11.   The    Petitioner,   in   the     meanwhile,       made      an

      application to the Respondent to adjust the OTS

      amount of Rs.6,23,31,720/- from the total auction

      proceeds of Rs.13,05,00,000/- and pay the balance

      amount, which was refused by the Respondent. The

      Petitioner   also    raised     certain   issues      regarding

      missing machinery and called upon the Respondent

      to ascertain the same and secure those machines,

      inasmuch as only a few of the machinery had been
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      sold, and other machinery was required to be

      present in the factory premises. When inspection was

      made, the machinery not being found, and the same

      was also taken up with the respondent authorities.

      The Petitioner is now before this Court seeking the

      aforesaid reliefs being aggrieved by non-acceptance

      of the OTS proposal, illegal sale of the property,

      missing machinery and valuation reports not being

      done properly.

12.   Sri. Rakesh B. Bhat, the Counsel for the Petitioner,

      would submit that:

      12.1. Once the one-time settlement proposal was

           issued on 9.08.2018, providing a time frame

           until   30.09.2018,       it   was   required    for   the

           Respondent to wait for that period and not

           issue an e-auction notification. Once the e-

           auction     notification       was   issued     and    the

           Petitioner had approached the Respondent-

           Bank accepting the OTS proposal and having
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          paid 5% of the OTS amount of Rs.31,16,586/-,

          the Respondent could not have confirmed the

          auction and returned the above deposit.

     12.2. His submission is that until 30.09.2018, the

          Respondent ought to have stayed their hands,

          and it is only in the event of the Petitioner not

          accepting the said OTS offer that the Bank

          ought to have proceeded with the auction. In

          the present matter, before the auction, the

          Petitioner, having accepted the offer of OTS,

          the question of the sale being carried out would

          not arise.

     12.3. Be that as it may, he submits that a long period

          has lapsed, the Petitioner would not insist as

          regards the illegal sale, but would submit that

          the amount received on account of the e-

          auction in excess of the OTS amount proposed

          by the Respondent bank would have to be

          returned to the Petitioner along with interest.
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     12.4. His submission is that the OTS proposal for a

          sum of Rs.6,23,31,720/-, having been accepted

          by the Petitioner, the Petitioner could only

          recover that amount and any amount received

          on account of the auction over and above the

          said OTS amount would have to be returned to

          the Petitioner. His submission is, therefore, that

          the Petitioner is neither challenging the auction

          nor the proceeding which had been initiated

          against the Petitioner. Even if the actions of the

          Respondents were held to be proper, it is the

          balance amount which the Petitioner would be

          entitled to with the same bank rate of interest

          as that recovered from the Petitioner.

     12.5. Though   he    makes         various     submissions   as

          regards the missing machinery and or the

          machinery      not     having     been      sold   is   not

          traceable, the said submission is a feeble

          attempt made in that regard.
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      12.6. On the basis of the above submissions, he

           submits that the writ petition is required to be

           allowed and the reliefs sought for granted.

13.   Sri Vikram Huilgol, learned Senior counsel appearing

      for Sri.Ashok Kumar.M, learned counsel for the State

      Bank of India, would submit that,

      13.1. All actions which have been taken up by the

           Respondents    are    proper   and   correct.   The

           procedure under Section 13 has been followed

           to the letter. The Respondents had brought the

           property for e-auction on several occasions, the

           auction not being successful, it is only the last

           auction which having been successful, the

           Petitioner has raised all these issues. There is

           no bonafides on the part of the Petitioner until

           then to make payment of any money. The

           Petitioner has waited till the last moment and

           then come up with the proposal.
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     13.2. His submission is that the OTS offer made by

          the Respondent cannot be treated as a contract

          of OTS, nor could the Respondent bank be

          restrained from taking further action merely

          because an OTS proposal had been given. The

          Bank being obligated and OTS -scheme 2 of

          2018 as mandated by the Reserve Bank of

          India, had made the offer as per the said

          scheme. Merely making the offer did not curtail

          the rights of the Bank to initiate an auction sale

          of the property. The conduct of the Petitioner

          has been deprecated by this Court, as also by

          the DRT and as such, the Petitioner would not

          be entitled to any equitable consideration. The

          property, having been brought for auction 11

          times, it was always available for the Petitioner

          to have during any of those 11 times to make

          payment of the amounts.
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      13.3. The Petitioner had made a similar prayer in WP

             47816/2018, which, having been dismissed,

             would act as res judicata in the present matter.

      13.4. On all the above grounds, he submits that the

             writ petition as filed is required to be dismissed.

14.   Heard Sri.Rakesh B.Bhat, learned counsel for the

      Petitioner and Sri.Vikram Huilgol, learned Senior

      counsel for Sri.Ashok Kumar.M, learned counsel for

      respondents No.1 to 3. Perused papers.

15.   The points that would arise for consideration are;

      i.     Whether, after the issuance of an OTS
             proposal, the Respondent bank could
             proceed with the auction of the property
             before the time period of the OTS expired?

      ii.    Whether the conduct of the Petitioner on
             earlier 11 auctions and its repeated failure
             would be a ground for consideration for
             the Respondent to carry out the auction
             during the subsistence of the OTS
             proposal?

      iii.   Whether the Bank could have appropriated
             the entire auction proceeds without giving
             due credit in derogation of the OTS offered
             by the Bank?
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       iv.   Whether the reliefs which have been
             sought for in the present matter ought to
             be granted?

       v.    What Order?



16.    I answer the above points as follows:

17. ANSWER TO POINT NO.1: Whether, after the
    issuance of an OTS proposal, the Respondent
    bank could proceed with the auction of the
    property before the time period of the OTS
    expired?


      17.1. The facts are not in dispute. The Respondent-

             Bank has not denied the fact that the Bank had

             on   14-08-2018       issued        an    OTS   proposal

             categorically stating that the book outstanding

             as on that date was Rs.8,90,45,314/- and OTS

             amount     required           to     be     paid    was

             Rs.6,23,31,720/-           which     OTS    would    be

             processed on deposit of 5% amounting to Rs.

             31,16,586/- and 20% of the amount namely

             Rs.1,24,66,344/- would have to be paid within

             30 days from the date of sanction of the OTS.
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         The balance being liable to be paid within six

         months thereafter.

   17.2. In the said letter, the Bank had called upon the

         Petitioner to advise on its willingness to settle

         the dues by 30.09.2018. However, the Bank on

         30.08.2018 itself had issued the e-auction

         notice for the properties and proceeded to sell

         the same.

   17.3. The contention of Sri Vikram Huilgol, learned

         Counsel for the Bank is that the Bank could

         proceed with the sale irrespective of the OTS

         proposal to protect its own interest. I am

         unable to accept the said submission. Section 2

         of the Indian Contract Act. 1872, being the

         interpretation clause of the Contract Act, is

         reproduced hereunder for easy reference:

           2. Interpretation-clause.--In this Act the
           following words and expressions are used in the
           following senses, unless a contrary intention
           appears from the context:--

           (a) When one person signifies to another his
           willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything,
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          with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to
          such act or abstinence, he is said to make a
          proposal;

          (b) When the person to whom the proposal is made
          signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to
          be accepted. A proposal, when accepted, becomes a
          promise;

          (c) The person making the proposal is called the
          "promisor", and the person accepting the proposal
          is called the "promisee";

          (d) When, at the desire of the promisor, the
          promisee or any other person has done or abstained
          from doing, or does or abstains from doing, or
          promises to do or to abstain from doing, something,
          such act or abstinence or promise is called a
          consideration for the promise;

          (e) Every promise and every set of promises,
          forming the consideration for each other, is an
          agreement;

          (f) Promises which form the consideration or part of
          the consideration for each other are called
          reciprocal promises;

          (g) An agreement not enforceable by law is said to
          be void;

          (h) An agreement enforceable by law is a contract;

          (i) An agreement which is enforceable by law at the
          option of one or more of the parties thereto, but not
          at the option of the other or others, is a voidable
          contract;

          (j) A contract which ceases to be enforceable by law
          becomes void when it ceases to be enforceable.

   17.4. Clause (a) of Section 2 would indicate that

         when   one   person        signifies    to   another   his
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         willingness to do or to abstain from doing

         anything with a view to obtaining the assent of

         that other to such act or obstinance, he is said

         to make a proposal. The OTS proposal made by

         the Bank in this case qualifies to be an offer.

   17.5. Section 3 of the Contract Act is reproduced

         hereunder for easy reference:

           3.Communication, acceptance and revocation
           of proposals.--The communication of proposals,
           the acceptance of proposals, and the revocation of
           proposals and acceptances, respectively, are
           deemed to be made by any act or omission of the
           party proposing, accepting or revoking by which
           he intends to communicate such proposal,
           acceptance or revocation, or which has the effect
           of communicating it.

   17.6. In terms of Section 3, the communication of

         proposal   and   acceptance       of   proposal   and

         revocation of proposal and acceptance could be

         made by any act or omission of the party by

         which   he    intends      to   communicate       such

         proposal. In this case the email enclosing the

         attachment offering an OTS is a clear and
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         categorical communication of such an offer by

         the Bank.

   17.7. Section 4 of the Contract Act is reproduced

         hereunder for easy reference:

           4.   Communication     when     complete.--The
           communication of a proposal is complete when it
           comes to the knowledge of the person to whom it
           is made. The communication of an acceptance is
           complete,--

           as against the proposer, when it is put in a course
           of transmission to him, so as to be out of the
           power of the acceptor;

           as against the acceptor, when it comes to the
           knowledge of the proposer.

           The communication of a revocation is complete,--
           as against the person who makes it, when it is put
           into a course of transmission to the person to
           whom it is made, so as to be out of the power of
           the person who makes it;

           as against the person to whom it is made, when it
           comes to his knowledge.



   17.8. In terms of Section 4, the communication of the

         proposal is stated to be complete when it

         comes to the knowledge of the person to whom

         it is made. In this case, the offer of OTS made

         by the Bank to the Petitioner is complete when
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         it came to the knowledge of the Petitioner, i.e.,

         when the email was received by the Petitioner.

   17.9. Revocation of proposal or acceptance is dealt

         with   by   Section        5,    which      is    reproduced

         hereunder for easy reference:

           5. Revocation of proposals and acceptances.--
           A proposal may be revoked at any time before the
           communication of its acceptance is complete as
           against the proposer, but not afterwards. An
           acceptance may be revoked at any time before the
           communication of the acceptance is complete as
           against the acceptor, but not afterwards.

  17.10. A proposal could be revoked at any time before

         the    communication            of    its   acceptance       is

         complete as against the proposer, but not

         afterwards. That is to say, an offer of OTS could

         have been withdrawn before the same was

         accepted by the Petitioner. In the present case,

         the offer which had been made by the Bank on

         14.08.2018,    provided          a    time       period   until

         30.09.2018 for the Petitioner to accept it, which

         was infact accepted on 28.09.2018 and 5%

         amounts paid. Once a time period was fixed, in
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         my considered opinion, the Respondent Bank

         could not have, before the expiry of the said

         time period, initiated any proceedings inasmuch

         as it was always available for the Petitioner to

         accept the OTS offer until 30.09.2018 by

         making payment of 5% of the OTS amount and

         it is only after sanction of the OTS, 20% of the

         amount was to be paid. The offer having been

         accepted by the Petitioner on 28.09.2018 and

         until then there being no revocation of the offer

         made    by    the     Bank,     let   alone   being

         communicated to the Petitioner, the payment of

         the 5% amount resulted in a binding contract

         between the parties.

  17.11. There would be no sanctity to an offer of OTS

         by a Bank if the submission of the learned

         counsel for the Respondent were to be accepted

         that, on the one hand an offer for OTS would be

         issued by the Bank, but on the other the Bank
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         would continue with the recovery proceedings

         in this case by way of sale of a property.

  17.12. The Petitioner having accepted the offer on

         28.09.2018.    and          indicated   the    same       by

         performing its obligation of deposit of 5%, the

         proposal    made     by      the     Bank   having      been

         accepted by the Petitioner, a binding contract

         came into being and even at that stage, the

         Respondent Bank ought to have stayed its hand

         and   not   proceeded         with    the   sale   of    the

         property, but to have called upon the Petitioner

         to make payment of 20% of the amount within

         30 days and the balance within 6 months. It is

         a matter of fact and record and not in dispute

         that the Bank did not revoke its offer by way of

         any communication before 28.09.2018.

  17.13. Respondent Bank could not have proceeded

         with the auction and recovered the money.

         Hence, I answer point No.1 by holding that
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         after the issuance of an OTS proposal, the

         Respondent bank could not proceed with the

         auction of the property before the time period

         of the OTS expired, or without revoking OTS

         proposal before its acceptance by the Petitioner

         which was so accepted on 29.09.2018.

18. ANSWER TO POINT NO.2: Whether the conduct
    of the Petitioner on earlier 11 auctions and its
    repeated failure would be a ground for
    consideration for the Respondent to carry out
    the auction during the subsistence of the OTS
    proposal?


   18.1. Much has been sought to be contended by

         Counsel for Respondent No.2 that on 11 earlier

         occasions when the property was brought to

         sale, the Petitioner had not come forward to

         make payment of the monies, it is only on this

         12th occasion when the auction sale was

         successful that the Petitioner has come running

         to the Bank and as such, the Bank could

         proceed with the auction.
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   18.2. For the very same reasons as indicated in

         answer to point No.1, I am of the opinion that

         once an offer of OTS had been made and a time

         period had been fixed, the said time period was

         required to be adhered to by the Bank and the

         Bank could not have, before the expiry of the

         time, proceeded with the auction irrespective of

         the conduct of the Petitioner, without revoking

         the offer made. The offer made by the Bank

         was, despite the 11 earlier auctions being

         unsuccessful, it is expected of the Bank to

         comply with the time period and adhere to the

         terms of its own offer, now to blame the

         conduct of the Respondent and contend that

         conduct would entitle the Bank to sell the

         property is not sustainable, moreso when the

         Petitioner    had       accepted    the    offer   on

         29.09.2018.
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   18.3. Hence, I answer point No.2 by holding that the

         conduct of the Petitioner on earlier 11 auctions

         and its repeated failure would not be a ground

         for consideration for the Respondent to carry

         out the auction during the subsistence of the

         OTS proposal, without having revoked the

         proposal. So long as it was not revoked, the

         offer was subsisting and on acceptance by the

         Petitioner   on   29.09.2018,    fructified    into    a

         contract.



19. ANSWER TO POINT NO.3: Whether the Bank
    could have appropriated the entire auction
    proceeds   without    giving   due   credit in
    derogation of the OTS offered by the Bank?

   19.1. Though my answers to points No.1 and 2 would

         lead to the inevitable conclusion that the sale is

         required to be set aside, the submission of

         Sri.Rakesh   Bhat,     learned   counsel      for     the

         Petitioner being that he would not press for the

         same, but only press for adjustment of the OTS
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         amounts and return the balance amount, I am

         of the considered opinion that the Bank having

         issued a OTS proposal on 14.08.2018 for a sum

         of    Rs.6,23,31,720/-,            the      Bank    having

         categorically indicated that it is ready to close

         the account of the Petitioner by receiving the

         aforesaid amount, 5% to be paid upfront, 20%

         in 30 days and balance in 6 months and agreed

         to settle the loan for the OTS amount, the said

         OTS   offer    having         been     accepted    by   the

         Petitioner on 29.09.2018 by depositing the

         requisite 5%, the Bank cannot be heard to

         contend that the entire due amounts would be

         required to be paid to the Bank when it has

         made a proposal to settle the account for a

         lesser amount, which has been accepted by the

         Petitioner    and   the       Petitioner     had   in   fact

         deposited     5%    of       the   amount,     which    was

         returned much subsequently by the Respondent.
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   19.2. Thus, I answer point number 3, by holding that

         the Bank could not have appropriated the

         entire auction proceeds in derogation of

         the OTS offered by the Bank, it could only

         adjust the amounts offered under the OTS.



20. ANSWER TO POINT NO.4: Whether the reliefs
    which have been sought for in the present
    matter ought to be granted?

   20.1. In view of my answers to points No.1 to 3, the

         sale not being capable of being carried out after

         29.09.2018, the Respondent Bank could not

         contend that the acceptance of the OTS by the

         Petitioner has happened after the sale and deny

         the Petitioner the benefit of the OTS. Whether

         the acceptance of the OTS was conveyed by the

         Petitioner before the sale or after the sale, the

         fact remains that the same was conveyed prior

         to the last date indicated by the Bank itself,

         namely 30.09.2018, which is an admitted fact
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         and more importantly before the revocation of

         the offer, in as much as the Bank has never

         revoked its OTS offer, the said offer continued

         to stand and at the most would have expired by

         efflux on time at the midnight of 30.09.2018

         and not before.

   20.2. In that view of the matter, the rejection of the

         request   made     by      the     Petitioner   by   the

         Respondent for payment of the excess amount

         of consideration received over and above the

         OTS amount is not sustainable. Consequently,

         the difference between the OTS amount and

         the sale amount would be required to be paid

         by the Respondent Bank to the Petitioner along

         with interest at the same rate as that charged

         by the Respondent against the Petitioner.

   20.3. The aspect of a challenge to the sale having

         been given up, so also the aspect of missing

         inventories   having       been    given   up   by   the
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            Petitioner,   no   order         in        respect    thereto      is

            required to be made.

21.    ANSWER TO POINT NO.5: What Order?

      21.1. In that view of the matter, I pass the following:

                                       ORDER

i. The writ petition is partly allowed, a certiorari is issued, the letter SBI/SAMB/CLO-T/SILKTEX/2020-21/203 dated 8.09.2020 at Annexure-Y is quashed.

ii. A mandamus is issued directing the respondent-Bank to make payment of the excess amount received over and above the due amount of Rs.6,81,68,280/- to the Petitioner along with interest from the date of receipt of the entire sale consideration from the auction purchaser by the Bank.

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SD/-

(SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE LN List No.: 2 Sl No.: 2