IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3457 of 2010 Ashok Kuamr Singh S/O Sri Tilak Rai, Proprietor Of M/S Bihar Mechinary & Company Anwarpur Chowk, Hajipur, Town, P.O.- Hajipur, Distt.- Vaishali Versus 1. The Panjab National Bank Through Its Chairman Head Offices , 5 Sansad Marg, New Delhi- 110001 2. The Chairman, Punjab National Bank Head Office, 5 Sansad Marg, New Delhi- 110001 3. The Chief Manager, Ccpc, Circle, Punjab National Bank Regional Office- Muzaffarpur, Distt.- Muzaffarpur 4. The Sr. Branch Manager Hajipur Main Branch, Rajendra Chowk, Hajipur, Distt.- Vaishali ----------- 02. 27.06.2011 Heard Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Amit Kumar, Junior counsel to Mr. Sharat Kumar Sinha appearing on behalf of Punjab National Bank and its authorities. The writ petition has been filed seeking direction to the respondents for immediate sanction of loan applied for by the petitioner. It is contented that although the petitioner had applied for a loan under Cash Credit facility of Rs. ten lakhs as back as in October, 2008 before the Sr. Manager, P.N.B., Hajipur Main Branch, Rajendra Chowk, Hajipur but the same has not yet been processed by the Bank leading to the filing of the present writ application. It is submitted that the entire formalities have been completed for sanction of the loan in question. Under the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006 framed by the Reserve Bank of India, an Ombudsman has been appointed to look into the complaints relating to sanction of loan and to dispose of the same. 2 Learned counsel for the Bank submits that the office of the Ombudsman is operating from the BISCOMAUN building and the petitioner can set out his grievance before the said authority. In view of the aforesaid position, the writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to raise his grievance before the Ombudsman appointed under the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006, who shall consider and dispose of the same in accordance with law expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months from today. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)