p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.2862 of 2026 DCB Bank Limited …. Petitioner Mr. R. Panigrahy , Advocate -Versus- Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ganjam and others …. Opposite Parties Mrs. Suman Pattanayak, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH Order No. 01. ORDER 05.02.2026 The subject matter of this petition is substantially similar to W.P.(C) No.10628 of 2025 between Bank of India, Angul Branch v. State of Odisha and a batch of other connected matters disposed off by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 21.07.2025. The penultimate and ultimate paragraphs of the said order read as under: “Taking into consideration the position of law and the submission made by the parties, we feel it appropriate to direct the Office of Executive Magistrates or District Magistrates to adopt a procedure to scrutinize the applications once it is filed, give appropriate time to the applicants to cure the defects and then register the applications by assigning/allotting numbers. The limitation for a purpose of disposal as discussed above shall recon from the date of registration of the application. Needless to say that once the application is registered, the same shall be disposed of within the stipulated time frame provided and mandated under law.” p. 2 These observations are made after looking into the Apex Court decision in R.D. Jain & Co. v. Capital First Ltd., reported in (2023) 1 SCC 675. Notice to other side is dispensed with, since the prayer is innocuous and we are not making any positive direction on merits of the matter. In the above circumstances, Writ Petition is also disposed off with the same direction, as has been made in W.P.(C) No.10628 of 2025 and other connected matters. Web copy of the order to be acted upon by all concerned. ( Dixit Krishna Shripad ) Judge ( Chittaranjan Dash ) Judge Anisha Designation: Jr. Stenographer