B.ANITHA Vs. MANAGER PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner belongs to Scheduled Caste. The parents of the petitioner are illiterate and agricultural labourers. She is the first person in her family to go to college for pursuing higher studies. She lost her mother on 13.01.2010. Though the petitioner passed Higher Secondary examinations in 2005, she was not able to continue her higher education due to family circumstances and due to the poor health condition of her mother. Later, she joined B.Sc., (Nursing) in Noorie College of Nursing, Andrsonpet, Kolar District, Karnataka State.

(2.) THE petitioner made an application dated 13.09.2011 to the respondent-Bank for educational loan. The course is of four years duration. She claimed Rs.3,15,000/-. Her request was rejected by the respondent-Bank by the impugned letter dated 17.02.2012 on the ground that her academic performance at school level was poor.

(3.) HEARD both sides.