Suryadev Alloys and Power Private Limited, Vs Reserve Bank of India

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W.P.No.22176 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 22.08.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH

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W.P.No.22176 of 2025

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AND W.M.P.No.24955 of 2025

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Suryadev Alloys and Power Private Limited Rep. by its authorised signatory Mr.M.Muzaffer Ahmed No.497/498 Isana Building 8^th Floor, Poonamallee High Road Arumbakkam, Chennai 600 106

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.. Petitioner

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Vs.

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1.Reserve Bank of India Fort Glacis, 16, Rajaji Road Fort St. George, Chennai Tamil Nadu 600 001

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2.HDFC Bank 8^th Floor Spencer Plaza Phase-3, B-Wing No.769, Anna Salai Chennai 600 002

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.. Respondents

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Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the 1^st respondent to direct the 2^nd respondent to remove the Red-Flagged Account Tag ('RFA Tag') placed on the petitioner on 20.12.2024.

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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W.P.No.22176 of 2025

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For petitioner	: Mr.Sricharan Rangarajan
	Senior Counsel
	for Mr.K.Gowthamkumar
For R1	: Mr.S.Raghunathan
	Standing Counsel
For R2	: Mr.B.Dhanaraj

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O R D E R

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This writ petition has been filed for the issue of a writ of mandamus

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directing the 1^st respondent, who in turn direct the 2^nd respondent to remove the RFA tag placed on the petitioner on 20.12.2024.

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When the writ petition came up for hearing on 23.06.2025, this Court passed the following order:

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“Mr.T.Poornam, learned Standing Counsel, takes notice for 1^st respondent, seeks for some time to take instructions and to file a counter affidavit.

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Mr.B.Dhanaraj, learned Counsel has entered appearance on behalf of the 2^nd respondent, seeks for some time to file counter affidavit.

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This Court heard the learned Senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and perused the materials available on record. This Court also took into consideration the relevant RBI guidelines for dealing with loan frauds and for classification and reporting of Commercial banks. This Court also took into consideration the judgement of the Hon'ble Apex court in Rajesh Agarwal case and the order passed by the Delhi High Court in a batch of writ petitions. A prima facie case has been made out and hence, there shall be an order of interim injunction as prayed for,

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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W.P.No.22176 of 2025

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pending disposal of the writ petition.

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4.Post this case for hearing on 24.07.2025. In the

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meantime, the respondents are directed to file counter affidavit.“

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When the matter was taken up for hearing today, counter affidavit of

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the 2^nd respondent was filed and the relevant portion is extracted hereunder:

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“11. I submit that in the recent Fraud Monitoring Group Meeting held on 03.07.2025, it has been decided to lift the RFA classification of the petitioner as well as to update the status in the CRILC Repository as per process. As such, without prejudice to any of this respondent's legitimate rights, upon having followed necessary procedures including discussions and decisions over the transactions in issue, the Red Flag Classification of the petitioner's account has been removed and the status has been duly updated in the CRILC Repository.“

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