Karnataka High Court
Smt Susheela vs Karnataka State Financial Corporation on 25 November, 2008
Author: Ram Mohan Reddy
Bench: Ram Mohan Reddy
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGA1.0R'*E
DATED THIS THE 25TH DAY OF NovEMaE1§2fz3t)é§%%%:'%.i '2.
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V. mls WRIT 'PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226
' 22'? OPVTHE CONSFITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO
QfUAS§'}*TfiE"T~T_ENDER CUM NEGOTIATION NOTIFICATION
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NNWSRAEER' (PAGE No.9) DT.7.5.2006 AS PER ANN-A.
IITHIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY
= I HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY THE COURT MADE THE
SQEILOWING:
ORDER
The petitioners having defaulted in the matter of repayment of dams to the respondent --- Karnataka State Financial Corporatkm, the respondent invoked Section 29 of M _ .,'."9E--'ifITICN£R9;O: I "N the State Financial Corporation Act, 1951 (for short fiat') to recover the monies due by issuing a notificafzioiz-.._4»titd. 07.05.2006, for salt of the properties bormwcrs, by way of tender-cum«I_n;Agqtiatif;t1;' = which is assailed in this writ pcfitién. . T1 '
2. It is admitted that theféspontient V loan for Rs.15,60,00€},I._- loan of Rs.6,00,000/« with a -31' eight years, in £avour'ofP»fij partnership flan of which the who, by way of security, mortgaggnhe1§ag§::;¢1§i..'nghts of the land and building of M; "-E3r,:,_<_._>._v_;:_':r13;s, while that 5*" petitioner ofiemd his hc11se--,_ at Lakshmipura Extension, Kallahalli, H Shimoga City, as a collateral security. it is that the petitioners could not profitably "m'.'i1_i.'scvvihc Hotel and Resort Imlustxy as a result of which suficmd heavy Bosses and turned dcfaultcrs. it appears ' V' " the mspondent filed Miscelhncous Peiitinn No.1/2005 befon: the District Judge, Shimoga invoking Sections 31(1)[a) and 31[1)(aa) of the Act to recover Rs.2?,62,632/ - by arxaigning the petitianers as party-reapondcnts therein. It is the assertion of th:: petitioners that during the pcndency of 36K 5 under Section 29 of the Act dtning the pendeneyVV'oi1"e.the proceedings under Section 31 of the _
3. The petition is opposed by""fi1ingfio.o 511 VA undated Statement of objections , contending that the 3':11('i)' of' V L' the Act is to enforce the the. surety-whiile Section 29 is to recover the amounts due.
According of proceedings under from the borrowers are distfinot' initiation of pmceedm gs unda§.%%se¢tg§fi'V»:{;§%1;om enforce liability of the suxety. What the by invoking Section 29 is the leazigflhoid atidteftee-'titold rights over the property hearing ,A I-2"-beIong'ng to the finn. Reliance is placed upon tie?}_isiot§""'.of a Division Bench of this Court in sonvsms PVT. I..'l'D., vs. Karo! wherein it to is_ he1ti that proceedings under Section 29 and 31(1)(aa) axe ' Vetrtigotj improper. in addition, it is stated that pursuant to the tzotification Annexuze-'A' dated 7-542006, no action has been taken to hold the sale of the property. M 1 AIR 2003 KAI? 221 6
4. I-Iavifig heard the kaanaed counsel for the parties, perused the pleadings and examined the A11ncxu1t»"A", in my opinion, in the _ action the KSFC in invoking Section 29 of = .. properties of the firm, the dcfauilggr, either illegal or arbitrary so céiitvfor , not the case of the petitione:;VL"fi.i;£at _ tho" involtm g Secfion 29 of the Vos by the respondent -- C-o133o1ab';ox;v;T' the matter, the notification Am~.,¥,Lo~-i.,E,;gA» _;;-,a.n':nc.£::t§'é'*sa1d. to be illegal. Writ pctiticega is gaccomingty, rejected. It is open u the approach the KSFC, with nec<:s2.s;a13r the baiancc amounts due, and done é"iovrt111'ght from today, the respondent is the same, and pass appropriate orders Sd/_ Judge %% " 'Ks