Bank Of Baroda vs District Collector on 13 July, 2021
The learned Government
Pleader submitted that, the judgment in WP(C) No.
35082/2019 and the decisions inTravancore's case
(Supra) and State Bank of India's case (Supra) has
not attained finality. But this Court can not wait
indefinitely till those judgments attained finality. As
far as this particular case is concerned, there is a
judgment of this Court in WP(C) No. 35082/2019 by
which, the orders passed by the Village Officer and
District Collector are already quashed by this Court
WP(C) Nos. 6348 and 10107 OF 2021
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and this Court specifically stated that Section 26E of
the SARFEASI Act and Section 31B of the RDB Act
create a first charge by way of priority to the banks,
financial institutions to recover and satisfy their
debts notwithstand to any statutory first charge in
favour of the revenue. In such circumstances, till the
above judgment is varied or modified by the division
bench, that judgment will stand. In such
circumstances, according to me, these writ petitions
are to be allowed. Therefore, these writ petitions are
allowed with the following directions.