1 2026:CGHC:8289 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 670 of 2026 1 - Smt. Pawni Gupta D/o Late Ashok Kumar Gupta Aged About 44 Years Occupation - Government Service, R/o 613, Kurud Road Kohka, Ward No. 07, Purani Basti Kohka, Supela Bhilai, Tahsil And District- Durg (C.G.), 490023 2 - Smt. Sweta Gupta W/o Shri Rakesh Kumar Gupta Aged About 41 Years Occupation - Business, R/o House No. 613, Near Hanuman Mandir, Purani Basti Kurud, Supela Bhilai, Tahsil And District- Durg (C.G.), 490023 ... Appellants versus 1 - Uco Bank A Body Corporate Constituted Under The Banking Companies (Acquisition And Transfer Of Undertaking) Act, 1970 (Act No. 5 Of 190) Having Its Head Office At Calcutta And Amongst Others, Branch Office At Civil Centre Branch Indira Palace, Bhilai (C.G.) 2 - State Bank Of India Through Its Branch Manager, Branch Sector-1, Bhilai (C.G.) 3 - Yes Bank Through Its Branch Manager, Branch Bhilai, Chouhan Plaza, Supela Bhilai Nagar (C.G.) 4 - Sarita Seengal W/o Shri Vinod Kumar Seengal R/o House No. B-09, Royal Green, Near Shankaracharya Engineering College, Junwani Road, Saf Line Bhilai (C.G.), Pin 490020 (Defaulter) 5 - Shri Gaurav Seengal S/o Shri Vinod Kumar Seengal R/o House No. B-09, Royal Green, Near Shankaracharya Engineering College, Junwani Road, Saf Line Bhilai (C.G.), Pin 490020. 6 - Mr. Neeraj Seengal S/o Shri Vinod Kumar Seengal R/o House No. B-09, Royal Green, Near Shankaracharya Engineering College, Junwani Road, Saf Line Bhilai (C.G.), Pin 490020. 7 - Smt. Anu Singal W/o Hri Neeraj Seengal R/o House No. B-09, Royal Green, Near Shankaracharya Engineering College, Junwani Road, Saf Line Bhilai (C.G.), Pin 490020. (Guarantor) -2- 8 - Smt. Sushma Seengal W/o Shri Guarav Seengal R/o House No. B-09, Royal Green, Near Shankaracharya Engineering College, Junwani Road, Saf Line Bhilai (C.G.), Pin 490020. (Guarantor) 9 - Shri Vinod Kumar Seengal S/o Late Shri Om Prakash Seengal R/o House No. B-09, Royal Green, Near Shankaracharya Engineering College, Junwani Road, Saf Line Bhilai (C.G.), Pin 490020. (Guarantor) 10 - Roshan Jain S/o Shri Om Prakash Jain Aged About 40 Years R/o 730, Ward No. 38, Kachehari Ward, Mahavir Nagar, Durg, Tahsil And District- Durg (C.G.) 11 - Sachin Jain (Auction Purchaser) R/o Nehru Nagar, Bhilai, District- Durg (C.G.) 12 - The Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal Allahabad 147-A-58/1, Jawahar Lal Nehru Road, Tagor Town, Allahabad (Up) 13 - The Recovery Officer Debts Recovery Tribunal, 2 And 3 Floor Sanchar Vikas Bhawan (Bsnl Building) Residency Road, Near Head Post Office, South Civil Lines, Jabalpur-482001 (Mp) ---- Respondents For Petitioners : Mr. Manoj Paranjpe, Senior Advocate along with Mr. Vivek Verma and Mr. Rohishek Verma, Adv. For respective : Mr. P.R. Patankar, Adv., Mr. Arvind Shrivastava, respondents Mr. Pankaj Agrawal, Mr. Bhaskar Payashi, Adv. Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 16.02.2026 1. Heard. 2. At the very outset, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners would submit that an appeal preferred under the provisions of Section 20(1) of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act ,1993 is pending consideration before the learned Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal since 14.10.2025. He would further submit that an application for stay and urgent hearing were filed and both were rejected vide order dated 29.01.2026. He would contend that the subject property has already been 3 auctioned, sale certificate has been issued and on 31.01.2026, possession has been handed over to auction purchaser. He would further contend that as appeal is pending before the Appellate Authority, a direction may be issued to conclude the proceeding at the earliest. 3. No objection from other side. 4. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the documents placed on record. 5. Taking into consideration the submissions made by Mr. Paranjpe, this petition, at this juncture, is disposed of with a direction to learned Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal to make all endeavours to conclude the proceedings of Appeal No.2157 of 2025 at the earliest preferably within a period of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. With the aforesaid observation(s)/direction(s), the present petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge Rekha