$~146 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010419642026 + W.P.(C) 12934/2026 AXIS BANK LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Adv versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 07.09.2026 CM APPL. 60179/2026 Allowed subject to all just exceptions. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 12934/2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following prayers:- “a) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, including in exercise of the supervisory jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, directing Learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, North District, Rohini Courts, Delhi, to expeditiously dispose of the Petitioner's application under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, being the application filed on 18.03.2026, in accordance with This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 18/09/2026 at 11:42:04 law; b) Direct Respondent No. 2 to take up and decide the aforesaid Section 14 application on or before the next date of hearing, or within such short time-bound period as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, without being influenced by the pendency of the present proceedings; c) In the alternative, direct the Ld. CJM Court to dispose of the aforesaid Section 14 application within a period of 30 days from the date of the order passed by this Hon'ble Court; d) Direct that the matter be considered expeditiously notwithstanding that the matter is presently listed for 06.10.2026, particularly since the arguments in the proceedings have already been heard;....” 2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is a secured creditor having extended loan facilities to the respondents. The loan accounts of the petitioner were classified as Non-performing Assets on 05.11.2025. Thereafter, notices under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (“SARFAESI”) Act, 2002, have also been issued. 3. The petitioner on 18.03.2026 filed an application under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, North District, Rohini Court, Delhi, which is pending adjudication. 4. By way of this petition, the petitioner Bank is only seeking expeditious disposal of the aforesaid application in accordance with law which, according to the provisions of the Act, should have been disposed of in This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 18/09/2026 at 11:42:04 60 days. 5. In view of the limited prayer of the petitioner Bank, the present petition can be disposed of at this stage itself, by directing that the application preferred by the petitioner under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act to be heard and decided in accordance with law on the next date of hearing itself i.e., 06.10.2026. 6. The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms along with pending applications, if any. JASMEET SINGH, J SEPTEMBER 7, 2026 / (MS) This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 18/09/2026 at 11:42:04