THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 22133 OF 2011 O R D E R: This Writ Petition is instituted seeking a writ of mandamus for declaring the action of the respondent Federal Bank Limited in taking over the possession of the property of the petitioners without receiving the loan amount of Rs.25,000/- as illegal. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent bank has raised an objection about the maintainability of this Writ Petition. He submits that Federal Bank is a banking company and it does not answer the description of ‘State’ and consequently, no Writ Petition can lie against the said Bank. The learned counsel has also placed reliance upon the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court on this very issue in Federal Bank Ltd. V. Sagar Thomas[1]. In view of the authoritative pronouncement of the Supreme Court in Federal Bank Ltd. V. Sagar Thomas (referred to supra), this Writ Petition is not maintainable and hence, it is dismissed on that score. No costs. It is needless for me to observe that all such remedies, as are available to the petitioners under law, are preserved and they are entitled to canvass the merits of their case which have been urged in this Writ Petition, as this Writ Petition has been dismissed primarily for want of maintainability, but not on merits. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 12th September 2011 ksld [1] 2003(7) Supreme 22