IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8206 of 2010 1. MD.NASIR SON OF MD. ALI RESIDENT OF VILLAGE NADWARA, P.O. BAIL, DISTRICT SITAMARHI 2. MD. NASRUL SON OF MD. OSAMA RESIDENT OF VILLAGE AND P.O. VAKURHAR, P.S. BAIRGANIA, DISTRICT SITAMARHI. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE SECRETARY, INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, DISTRICT INDUSTRIES CENTRE, SITAMARHI. 4. THE ZONAL MANAGER, BANK OF BARODA, SITAMARHI. 5. THE BRANCH MANAGER, BANK OF BARODA, SITAMARHI. 6. THE ZONAL MANAGER, ALLAHABAD BANK, SITAMARHI. 7. THE BRANCH MANAGER, ALLAHABAD BANK, SITAMARHI. ----------- 2 11/05/2010 There are two petitioners before this Court. Both of them are aggrieved because of inaction on the part of the Public Sector Undertaking Banks in not processing their applications for grant of loan which have been duly recommended by the District Industry Centre of Sitamarhi. Applications for grant of loan have been duly processed and recommended. Recommendations are before the two branches of the Bank, namely, Bank of Baroda, Sitamarhi and Allahabad Bank, Sitamarhi. Petitioners have made many a round of the two branches requesting the Bank to take a - 2 - decision on their applications and sanction the term loan so that they can derive the benefit of the policy of the Government of India to reach out to the minority communities located in the backward districts across the country. When several visits to the two branches have failed to elicit any response, the petitioners have decided to approach this Court. The conduct of the two respective Branch Managers on the issue which has generated the present litigation is required to be looked into by the senior authorities. When there is scheme and in terms of the scheme a citizen has been given a right to request for release of loan, then a public sector Bank which was nationalized years ago in the name of Welfare State cannot remain un-responded and silent to the recommendations and requests made in this regard. It is the behaviour of such kind of Managers which has created unnecessary litigations and a citizen has been made to travel all the way from Sitamarhi to Patna only seeking a direction for quick disposal. This writ application is disposed of with a direction - 3 - upon respondent nos. 5 and 7 that they shall process the applications of the petitioners in terms of the recommendations made in this regard and the outcome thereof shall be made known to them within a period of six weeks from the date of production of a copy of this order. If a decision is not taken in this regard, the petitioners have freedom to bring the failure of implementation of this order to the notice of the General Managers of the concerned Bank and the General Managers are directed to take appropriate action against the concerned Branch Managers for non compliance of the Court’s direction. This writ application stands disposed of with the direction as above. AMIN (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)