Mr Girish Kumar K T v. the Authorised Officer
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), WP No. 25647 of 2025 (GM-DRT), order dated 21-07-2026, Justice Jyoti M (single Bench), CNR KAHC010556152025. Writ petition against final order dated 30.04.2025 of DRT-I Bengaluru in S.A.No.578/2024 (Authorised Officer, Bank of India) dismissed on the ground of non-exhaustion of alternate statutory remedy: appeal lies before DRAT under Section 18 of the SARFAESI Act; writ jurisdiction under Articles 226/227 declined. Keywords: SARFAESI Section 18, DRAT appeal, DRT final order, alternate remedy doctrine, writ maintainability, interim order discharged.
What did the court decide?
Any person aggrieved by an order of the DRT must file an appeal before the DRAT; the petitioner having failed to exhaust this statutory remedy, the Court declined to exercise its writ jurisdiction and dismissed the writ petition. ¶30