Writ petition filed by depositors challenging the decision of the State Bank of India to shift its branch location. The court dismissed the petition, holding that the bank best knows where to locate branches.
Writ petition was dismissed with no order as to costs.
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THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH
WRIT PETITION NO.15523 OF 2005
Date: 22-08-2005
Between:
M.Adinarayana and others …Petitioners
And
The General Manager, State Bank of
India and others
THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH
WRIT PETITION NO.15523 OF 2005
O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, ACJ):
This writ petition is filed by four persons, who claim to be the depositors of State Bank of India, M.Seetharamapuram branch. They are aggrieved of the action of the respondents in shifting the branch of the Bank from M.Seetharamapuram, Vangara Mandal, Srikakulam District to Vangara Village, Srikakaulam District. The distance between the existing branch and the proposed branch is 3 ½ kilometers. The case of
the petitioners is that it is difficult for them to take heavy cash for a distance of 3 ½ kilometers and the branch had about 1500 to 2000 customers.
Learned counsel appearing for the Bank submits that in the interest of the Bank, two branches were merged and therefore, for administrative reasons, the branch had to be shifted.
We do not find any ground to interfere with the matter, as the Bank itself knows the best where to locate a branch and where not to locate a branch. In these circumstances, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs.
(Bilal Nazki, ACJ) 22nd August, 2005
vrn
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the banking authority's decision to shift a branch location for administrative reasons warrants judicial interference in the interest of depositors.
M. Adinarayana and others
The General Manager, State Bank of India and others
Bilal Nazki
G. Chandraiah
As recorded by the court registry
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