THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17862 OF 2010 DATED 7TH DECEMBER, 2011 Between: Animineni Chittibabu … Petitioner A n d Reserve Bank of India, Saifabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, And others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17862 OF 2010 O R D E R The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition was that the respondents 2 to 8 Banks were resorting to extra- constitutional methods for recovering the amounts due from him. This Court, while ordering notice before admission on 26.07.2010, directed the respondent Banks not to take any coercive steps against the petitioner without following the due process of law. No counter aﬃdavits have been ﬁled but Sri Kalyan Chakravarthy, learned counsel representing Sri R.Raghunandan, learned counsel for the third respondent Bank, states on instructions that no coercive steps are being taken by his client against the petitioner. In the light of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in ICICI BANK V/s. PRAKASH KAUR[1], it is not open to the respondent Banks to initiate steps for recovery of their loans in a manner not sanctioned by the rule of law. The writ petition is accordingly closed leaving it open to the respondent Banks to recover the amounts due from the petitioner, if any, strictly in accordance with law. WPMP No.22569 of 2010 shall stand disposed of in consequence. There shall be no order as to costs. ---------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR, J. 7TH DECEMBER, 2011. PGS [1] 2007(1) DECISIONS T ODAY (SC) 265