Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:142163-DB Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 28025 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Amita Singh Respondent :- Chief Manager, Bank Of Baroda And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar,Vijay Kumar Rai Counsel for Respondent :- Anadi Krishna Narayana Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Praveen Kumar Giri,J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the petitioner has prayed for the following relief: "a. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondent No.1 to return the amount of Rs. 1,57,10,000/- along with interest of 18% per annum." 3. The present writ petitioner is the auction purchaser and he submits that due to a status quo order obtained by the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as 'DRAT'), the bank has not been able to hand over possession of the property to the petitioner. 4. Shri G.S. Pandey, Advocate holding brief of Shri Manish Malhotra, learned counsel for the respondent bank submits that they are pursuing the litigation before the Debts Recovery Tribunal and DRAT. 5. In light of the above factual matrix, we are of the view that the appeal filed by the borrower wherein status quo order has been passed, is required to be heard expeditiously by the DRAT. 6. We, accordingly, direct so and request DRAT to expeditiously hear the matter, preferably within a period of two months from the receipt of the certified copy of this order. 7. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 20.8.2025 K.Tiwari (Praveen Kumar Giri, J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KANT TIWARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad