Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010138612024 2026:GAU-AS:12310 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/3582/2024 HAYAT AUTO WORLD A REGISTERED PROPRIETOR FIRM HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT HATIGAON, NEAR HATIGAON HIGH SCHOOL, GUWAHATI, PIN- 781038, KAMRUP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, ASSAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR- ARIF JAKARIA LASKAR (AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS), SON OF LATE M.S. LASKAR, RESIDENT OF 22 ANUPAM NAGAR, HATIGAON, PIN- 781038, KAMRUP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE BANK OF INDIA AND 3 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER, HEAD OFFICE, DISPUR, GUWAHATI, PIN- 781006, KAMRUP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, ASSAM. 2:THE BRANCH MANAGER STATE BANK OF INDIA HATIGAON BRANCH GUWAHATI PIN - 781038 KAMRUP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ASSAM. 3:THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE CYBER CRIME POLICE STATION CYBERABAD PIN- 500081 DISTRICT- HYDERABAD TELENGANA. Page No.# 2/3 4:THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE CYBER CRIME POLICE STATION JHANSI PIN- 284002 DISTRICT- JHANSI UTTAR PRADESH Advocate for the petitioner(s): Mr. PK Munir Advocate for the respondent(s): Mr. W Sharma Standing Counsel SBI B E F O R E HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH ORDER 24.08.2026 Heard Mr. PK Munir, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. Also heard Mr. W Sharma, the learned Standing Counsel who appears on behalf of the respondent No.2, the State Bank of India. 2. The grievance of the petitioner herein is that the respondent authorities had frozen the petitioner’s Bank Account bearing No.35042841162 maintained in the State Bank of India, Hatigaon Branch on account of certain complaint received from the Cyber Crime Police Station, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. 3. This Court duly takes note of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) dated 02.01.2026 issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, wherein there is a Grievance Redressal Mechanism set up for redressal of grievances of the present Page No.# 3/3 kind, inasmuch as, Chapter III of the said SOP duly provides a Grievance Redressal Mechanism and in the opinion of this Court, the same is an efficacious and alternative remedy for an early resolution of such disputes. 4. Accordingly, the petitioner herein would be well advised to approach the respondent No.2 along with his complaint and a certified copy of the instant order and the respondent No.2 thereupon shall take effective steps in terms with the procedure laid down in the SOP dated 02.01.2026 so that the grievance of the petitioner is duly considered within the time frame mentioned in the said SOP. 5. Writ petition, accordingly, stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant