HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.29722 of 1997 Between: M/s. Vijay Khandasari Sugar Mills, Rep: by its Managing Partner, Sri Chimanlal Singhee, S/o Gangabhisan Singhee, Aged about 59 years, Occ: Business, R/o Tolaram Building, Patel Market, Hyderabad ……Petitioner And The Union of India, rep., by its Secretary, Finance Department, Central Secretariat, New Delhi and two others ……Respondents :: ORDER :: Counsel for the Petitioner : None Counsel for Respondent No.1 : Shri A.Rajasekhar Reddy November 09, 2006 Per G.S. SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for striking down Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (for short, ‘the 1993 Act’) and for quashing the proceedings of O.A No.252 of 1996 pending before Debts Recovery Tribunal at Bangalore. Although no one has appeared for the petitioner, we do not consider it necessary to defer the disposal of the writ petition, because the constitutional validity of the 1993 Act has been upheld by the Supreme Court in Union of India v. Delhi High Court Bar Association[1]. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 08-11-2006 ks [1] 2002 (4) SCC 275