IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 3034 of 2008 Between: Vitta Venkata Subbaiah S/o. Venkatapathy R/o. Kaja Stree, Cumbum(Vsm) Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India, Cumbum Branch, Prakasam District. 2 The Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 The Government of Andra Pradesh, Rep., by its Secretary, Agriculture Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 Union Of India ,rep. by its Secretery, Finalce Departmant, Deptt. Of Economical Affairs, Banking Division, Jewar Deep Bulding, Janat MArg, New Delhi. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 1st respondent bank in not waiving the interest on the petitioners loan as per RBI Circular Nos.RBI 2006/ 156/ RPCD PLFS No. BC 31.05.02.2006-07 dated 18.10.2006 and Circular No. 24/13.05.200/20.16.2007 dated 26.12.2006 as illegal, arbitrary and vio0lative of Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and direct the respondents 1 and 2 to waive the interest on petitioners agricultural groundnut oil loan as on 01.07.2006 and to pass such other order or orders as are deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.VENKATA RAGHU MANNEPALLI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 3034 of 2008 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks waiver of interest on the ground that the loan obtained by him was an agricultural loan. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the respondent that waiver of interest would apply only in respect of agricultural loans but, whereas the petitioner has obtained the loan from the respondent-bank for Oil Mill Business. He further submits that the respondent-bank has filed a civil suit and the same has attained finality. The writ petition is wholly misconceived as the respondent-bank had already filed a civil suit, obtained a decree and the same had attained finality. Hence, we do not find any merit in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. __________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED,J __________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR,J Dt:16-06-2009 usd