Item No.5 11.02.2026 Court. No. 6 GB CALCUTTA HIGH COURT IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI APPELLATE SIDE WPA 33 of 2026 Punit Kindo Oraon VS Union of India & Ors. Mr. Kalyan Chakraborty, Mr. D. Kundu … for the Petitioner. Mr. Sudipto Kumar Mazumdar, Ld. DSGI, Mr. Sourab Kar … for the Respondent Nos.1 & 6. Ms. Sweta Mukherjee … for the HDFC Bank. 1. Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today, is taken on record. 2. The writ petition is disposed of directing the bank to inform the reason for freezing of the account of the petitioner. 3. The petitioner alleges that the bank had illegally made the account inoperative. 4. The learned advocate for the bank submits that the account was made inoperative on a direction from the income tax authorities. 5. Under such circumstances, this Court is not required to go into the reason for freezing of the account, as the bank has acted on the direction of the income tax authorities. However, the bank 2 shall inform such reason to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from date. 6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. 7. Parties are directed to act on the basis of the server copy of this order. (Shampa Sarkar, J.)