FATTE SINGH Vs. SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ALOK SHARMA, J 1. It is the admitted fact of the petitioner that he had availed a loan of Rs. 4,07,000/- on or about 12.04.2007 from the Punjab National Bank, Branch Kumher, District Bharatpur for the purpose of purchasing a tractor. From the averments of the writ petition itself, it is evident that the petitioner has not been able to adhere to his contractual obligation of repaying the loan amount along with the contractual rate of interest. Consequent to default of the petitioner in repaying the outstanding loan amount, the respondent Bank for recovery of outstanding amount moved an application dated 04.09.2011 before the Sub-Divisional Officer, Kumher, who under the Rajasthan Agricultural Credit Operations (Removal of Difficulties) Act, 1974 in turn issued notice on 19.09.2011 to the petitioner calling upon him to lay out his defence if any. On service of notice, the petitioner appeared before the Sub-Divisional Officer through his advocate on 19.10.2011 and sought time to file reply. But unfortunately the petitioner could not file reply upto 18.06.2012 consequent to which the opportunity for filing reply was closed by the Sub-Divisional Officer and following statutory procedure as recorded in the order sheet dated 18.06.2012, an order was passed for attaching the immovable property of the petitioner mortgaged with the respondent-Bank.

(2.) I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the writ petition including the impugned order.

(3.) HOWEVER, even while not interfering in the action of the respondent-Bank and the consequent recovery proceedings before the Sub-Divisional Officer, Kumher, under the Act of 1974, I would allow the petitioner to approach the respondent-Bank and move a detailed representation ventilating his grievances against the recovery proceedings and seeking the Bank's indulgence in allowing the petitioner any benefit as per its own and the RBI's guidelines with reference to scheme of waiver of agricultural loans to marginal and small farmer if such schemes were then or are presently operational.