Jagadish Chander Chug v. Punjab National Bank
Auction purchaser – vacant physical possession
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, W.P.(C) 1339/2025 & CM APPL. 6547/2025, Manoj Jain, J., order dated 12.03.2025: writ by Jagadish Chander Chug, auction purchaser under sale certificate from Punjab National Bank, seeking vacant physical possession of apartment; goods of borrower/previous occupier lying inside; bank reminders and newspaper public notice dated 07.02.2025; DRT-I Delhi refused borrower interim relief; DRAT appeal and removal application pending; bank to remove inventory within four weeks at own risk and cost with intimation to DRT and DRAT; petition disposed of. Keywords: sale certificate, e-auction, paper possession, Court Receiver, vacant possession, inventory removal, DRT, DRAT.
What did the court decide?
On the standing counsel for PNB submitting that the inventory/goods of the borrower would be removed from the apartment within four weeks at the bank's own risk and cost, with the bank arranging transportation and placing due intimation before the DRT and the DRAT, learned counsel for the petitioner did not press for any further relief; the petition and pending applications stand disposed of in those terms.