right to seek for switch over. Further, it is not the case of the defendants that, they approached the Applicant Bank and sought for switch over to new interest system i.e., Base Rate or MCLR as per the above RBI circulars. It is also not the case of the defendants that they were servicing the loan account regularly. Admittedly, when defendants approached the Applicant Bank vide letter dt.09.04.2O2O seeking td exercise their One Time Option to switch over from BPLR system to RLLR, the Applicant Bank had conceded to their request and reduced the applicable rate of interest on the loan frorn l3.9o/o to 9.4o/o. Even then, the defendants were unable to maintain regularly, which resulted in the classification of the loan account as NPA and the Applicant Bank was constrained to issue Loan Recall letter arrd notices to the borrower/ guarantors for payment of the outstanding dues. So, the defendants, without approaching the Applicant Bank for exercising the option for switch over from BPLR to Base Rate or to MCLR, as per the above RBI circulars, cannot contend that, the Applicant Bank has not followed the said circulars and so they are not liable to pay the outstanding dues in the loan account. In the present OA, the Applicant Bank has claimed interest @ 7.8o/o p.a., with monthly rests towards the Home Loan account, @ 9% p.a., with monthly rests towards Home Loan/Mortgage Loan account and @ 12.9o/o p.a., with monthly rests towards Loan Expenses account. During the pendency of the OA, the Applicant Bank frled a Memo dt.22.O2.2O25 stating that the Home Loan account No.002675100025577 has been closed and that the dues under another Home Loan a/c. No. 002675100025586 are Rs. 1,77,75,6661- and in Loan Expenses a/c. No.081 1778000000709 arc Rs.2,24,961.80ps. So, considering the fact that the defendants have not denied availment of