M/S Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limted v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
SARFAESI section 14; Executive Magistrate transferred; substitute Executive Magistrate; subordinate officer; District Magistrate 24 Parganas (North); physical possession of secured asset; representation dated 5 January 2026; 60-day statutory disposal mandate; order dated 12 August 2025; Calcutta High Court WPA 4817 of 2026; writ disposed with direction to District Magistrate; 7-day compliance timeline.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the District Magistrate to act in terms of the petitioner's representation dated 5 January 2026 and dispose of it within 7 days from communication of the order, i.e., to arrange appointment of a substitute Executive Magistrate or subordinate officer to implement the section 14 SARFAESI order. ¶¶15