IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11099 of 2011 Khurshid Alam, son of late Mahmmad Alam, resident of Mohalla Nooranganj (Sasaram), Beside Dr. Wajahat Hussain, P.S. Sasaram, District Rohtas. .. Petitioner Versus 1. Central Bank Of India through its Chief Managing Director, having its Central Office at Chandramukhi Nariman Point, Mumbai (Maharastra) 2. Regional Manager, Central Bank Of India Regional Office, Gaya, district Gaya 3. Branch Manager, Central Bank Of India, Sasaram Branch, Sasaram, P.S. Sasaram, District Rohtas. …Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Prasad Singh, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha, Advocate ----------- 03/ 11.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The preliminary point raised by learned counsel for the petitioner is that notice dated 08.02.2011 issued under section 13(2) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 is against two dead persons, namely, Masooda Begum and S.M. Siddiqui and in the notice itself both of them have been shown to be dead persons. 3. It goes without saying that the notice issued against dead persons by the Central Bank of India despite the fact of their death being known to the authorities and mentioned in the notice itself, is not valid and in accordance with law. 4. In the said circumstances, the said notice (Annexure 1) is quashed with a liberty to the respondents to initiate a proceeding against the living persons and issuing notices to them, if not already - 2 - issued. 5. With the aforesaid observation, this writ petition is allowed. MPS/ (S.N.Hussain, J.)