9. Thereafter, the Defendant Bank issued the Sale Notice dated 15.07.2023 to the Applicant for a sum of Rs.20,23,384.50 (Rupees Twenty Lakhs Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Four and Fifty Paise only) , being the amount mentioned in the earlier Demand Notice, and proceeded to sell the impugned property in favour of the 3rd Defendant on 25.08.2023. Further, I find that the exact secured amount payable as on the date of issuance of the Sale Notice has not been specifically mentioned in the Sale Notice itself. I also find that the Defendant Bank has filed xerox copies of the Sale Notice, acknowledgements of receipt, and the original newspaper publications. The Bank has submitted xerox copies of the acknowledgements of receipt for having sent the Sale Notice to the Applicant, which are annexed at Page Nos. 12 and 13 of the Bank's Typed Set of Papers. Further, the Bank has produced the original copies of the newspaper publications of the Sale Notice, one in English and another in Tamil, which are annexed at Page Nos. 14 and 15 of the Bank's Original Documents in the Typed Set of Papers. Additionally, the Applicant contended that the Sale Notice was not affixed on the secured asset as required under the Rules. On the other hand, the Defendant Bank has neither filed any reply nor offered any explanation regarding this discrepancy. I find that the Bank has not filed any photograph evidencing the affixture of the Sale Notice on a conspicuous part of the secured property. Thus, I find that the Defendant Bank has not complied with Rule 8(7) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, which clearly provides that:
