APHC010337742017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 19133/2017 Between: 1. GATTI VENKATA MUTYA VENUGOPALA RAO,, S/O. VEERABHADRA RAO, HINDU, MALE, AGED 48 YEARS, ASST.ENGINEER, PIPHW DIVISION-6, PURUSHOTHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE CHAIRMANCUMMANAGING DIRECTOR, STATE BANK OF INDIA, 18, 19, DEVDAS KAMILEG BLOCK, SYNERGY BUILDING, BANDRA KURIA COMPLEX - BANDRA, EAST MUMBAI. 2. THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, STATE BANK OF INDIA, RASMECC & SARC, DANAVAYPETA, RAJAHMUNDRY. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. MANGENA SREE RAMA RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. M SRIKANTH REDDY 2. N ASHWANI KUMAR 2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY Writ Petition No.19133 of 2017 ORDER: This Writ Petition has been filed seeking to declare the action of respondent No.2 in not allowing the petitioner to withdraw his salary from his salary account bearing Account No. 32094112185 and in placing a hold on the said account, under the guise of non-discharge of the education loans of his daughters, without following due process of law and without obtaining any decree from a competent civil court, as illegal and arbitrary; and consequently to direct respondent No.2 not to place any hold on the petitioner’s salary account without following due process of law. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. Perused the record. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents, by way of a counter- affidavit, submitted that, after duly following the prescribed procedure and upon the loan accounts being classified as Non- Performing Assets (NPA), the respondents initiated appropriate legal action by filing O.S. No.194 of 2018 and O.S. No.196 of 3 2018 on the file of the learned Senior Civil Judge, Rajamahendravaram. Both the suits were contested and were ultimately decreed in favour of Respondent No.2/Bank on 30.12.2021. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, by recording the said submissions made by the learned counsel for the respondents, the Writ Petition may be closed. 5. Since a decree has been passed in favour of respondent No.2 by competent Civil Court in respect of amounts payable by the petitioner, no further orders are necessary in the present Writ Petition. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed. No costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY 29.01.2026 ASR 4 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SREENIVASA REDDY Writ Petition No.19133 of 2017 Date: 29.01.2026 Asr