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6. The Petitioner filed Original Application No. 64 of 2022 on 11 February 2022 before the DRT-II, Mumbai. On 10 March 2022, the Petitioner filed an Application under Section 14 of the SARFEASI Act before the District Magistrate, Goa, for taking forcible possession of the properties situated in Goa and on 31 March 2022, the District Magistrate allowed the said Application. On 9 May 2022, the Mamlatdar issued a notice informing the Respondents that the possession of the property at Goa, named Socollem Gallum, was scheduled to be taken on 3 June 2022.

10. In view of the above observations, I am declining to grant the stay of the impugned order, nothing remains in this Appeal and therefore, the Appeal is also disposed of with a direction to the learned Presiding officer, DRT-II, Mumbai to dispose of the Secularization Application No. 160 of 2022 as expeditiously as possible."

**** The DRAT thus refused to render any finding on merits but still held that it did not find any defect in the order dated 2 June 2022. Only a direction was issued to the DRT to dispose of the Securitization Application as expeditiously as possible. The parties before the DRAT had filed pleadings and written arguments, and the judgment was reserved. As can be seen from the reasoning, the dismissal of the Appeal is mechanical. None of the points highlighted by us have been considered. The DRAT has also not kept the object and scheme of the governing enactments in mind. The DRAT has also not considered whether the grant of unconditional injunction, if at all an injunction was warranted in the facts of the case.