M/S Sumit Agro Food and Anr. v. Oriental Bank of Commerce (Now Merged With Punjab National Bank) and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 13687/2025, High Court of Delhi, Coram: Anil Kshetarpal & Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, JJ., decided 08.09.2025. Sumit Agro Food v. Oriental Bank of Commerce (now merged with Punjab National Bank). Challenge under Article 226 to SARFAESI auctions dated 18.05.2018 and 12.03.2019 dismissed; alternative remedy doctrine applied where DRAT appeals pending (pre-deposit not complied with), Recovery Certificate issued in 2019, and Recovery Officer objections pending before DRT Jaipur. Keywords: SARFAESI, Article 226, mandamus, pre-deposit, DRAT, Recovery Officer, alternative remedy.
What did the court decide?
Having regard to the pending DRAT appeals (unheard for non-compliance with pre-deposit), the Recovery Certificate issued on the Bank's OA allowed in 2019, and the pending objections before the Recovery Officer, DRT Jaipur, the Court found it inappropriate to exercise its jurisdiction under Article 226.