The Debt Recovery Tribunal condoned an 185-day delay in re-presenting a Section 11 actionable application by the applicant bank, granting an opportunity to prosecute the case subject to payment of costs to the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority.
Delay of 185 days in re-presenting the OA is condoned subject to payment of Rs.2,000 cost and filing compliance report.
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IN THE DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL-III, CHENNAI
Dated this the 17th day of July 2026
Present: SMT. S.V. GOWRAMMA Presiding Officer
M.A. No.161 of 2026 in OA Dy.No.900/2024
State Bank of India, Tiruvallur branch Represented by its Branch Manager, Sathya PB No.1, Panagal Park, Tiruvarur- 610 002
...Applicant
-Vs-
Represented by its Proprietor Gurumurthy, S/o Raghupathy, 7BC, VRM road, Vijayapuram,
S/o Raghupathy,
Door No.21/50, Kumarakoil street,
Tiruvarur- 610 001, Tiruvarur dt …Defendants
Counsels on record / appeared:
Counsel for Applicant : M/s. S.R. Sumathy
ORDER IN MA No.161/2026
applicant bank for condonation of delay of 185 days in re-presenting the OA.
recovery of sum of Rs.2,68,04,606.63/- (Rupees Two Crores Sixty Eight Lakhs Four Thousand Six Hundred and Six and Sixty Three Paise only) together with interest and costs. It is submitted that the OA file has been
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returned by the Registry on 31.08.2024 for certain corrections. As gathering documents and certain details from the applicant bank took time, OA could not be re-presented within the time granted by this Tribunal, which is neither wilful nor wanton, but only due to aforesaid reasons. Therefore, the applicant bank prayed for condonation of delay of 185 days in re-presenting the OA.
Perused the Affidavit filed on behalf of the Applicant bank and the records of the case.
V.P. Rajula -Vs.- K.J. Sakadeva Raja reported in LAWS (MAD)-
2020-8-441 feels it apt to condone the delay and give opportunity to applicant to prosecute their case.
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to comply with the conditional order above, MA stand dismissed
automatically without there being any need to pass separate order.
Sd/-
(S.V. GOWRAMMA) PRESIDING OFFICER, DRT-III, CHENNAI
(Dictated to Roshnee, transcribed by her, corrected, signed and pronounced by me in Open Court, on this the 17th day of July, 2026)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the delay of 185 days in re-presenting the originated application for recovery of money can be condoned.
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V.P. Rajula -Vs.- K.J. Sakadeva RajaRelied on¶28
V.P. Rajula -Vs.- K.J. Sakadeva Raja reported in LAWS (MAD)- 2020-8-441
State Bank of India, Tiruvallur branch
M/s Mura silks
M.R. Gurumurthy
S.V. Gowramma
As recorded by the court registry
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