Mr.Sanjeev Jain, v. Reserve Bank of India,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 12.12.2025 C O R A M THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN

¶1Mr.Sanjeev Jain ... Petitioner in W.P.No.46073 of 2025

¶2Mr.Prakash Radheshyam Mishra ... Petitioner in W.P.No.46104 of 2025

¶3Mr.Sandeep Vats ... Petitioner in W.P.No.46105 of 2025 -vs-

¶1Reserve Bank of India, Rep. By its Executive Director, 4th Floor, Amar Building, Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Road, Mumbai – 400 001 (Maharashtra)

¶2Canara Bank, Rep. by General Manager, Canara Bank Head Office, 112, J C Road, Bengaluru – 560 002 (Karnataka)

¶3The Bank Manager (In Charge), Chennai Large Corporate Branch, Canara Bank, Canara Towers, I Floor Circle Office BLDG., No.524, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai - 600 018 (Tamil Nadu) ... Respondents Common Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to remove the petitioner's name from the list of Wilful Defaulters maintained by the 1st respondent. For Petitioners : Mr.Anirudh Wadhwa For R2 & R3 : Mr.R.Sreedhar ***** C O M M O N O R D E R (By.S.M.SUBRAMANIAM,J.,) Writ of Mandamus have been instituted to direct the respondents to remove the petitioners' name from the list of Wilful Defaulters maintained by the 1st respondent.

¶2Learned counsel for the respondents 2 & 3 would submit that the petitioners have not produced any order, declaring them as Wilful Defaulters by the Reserve Bank of India and in the absence of any order, writ petitioners are not maintainable.

¶3When a specific direction has been sought for removing the petitioners' name from the list of Wilful Defaulters, primarily the petitioners have to establish that their names have been declared as Wilful Defaulters maintained by the Reserve Bank of India and mere apprehension would be insufficient.

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners had served two notices and there was no reply.

¶5Non response from the Reserve Bank of India would not be a ground to draw an inference that names of the petitioners have been declared as Wilful Defaulters. A blanket direction cannot be issued based on the apprehension and there is no material available on record to establish that the petitioners have been declared as Wilful Defaulters. That being so, writ petitions are not maintainable. According, all these Writ Petitions stand dismissed. No costs. (S.M.S,J.,) (C.K,J.,)

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S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J. AND

C.KUMARAPPAN, J. ar To:

¶1The Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India, 4th Floor, Amar Building, Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Road, Mumbai – 400 001 (Maharashtra)

¶2The General Manager, Canara Bank, Canara Bank Head Office, 112, J C Road, Bengaluru – 560 002 (Karnataka)

¶3The Bank Manager (In Charge), Chennai Large Corporate Branch, Canara Bank, Canara Towers, I Floor Circle Office BLDG., No.524, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai - 600 018 (Tamil Nadu)

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