20.07.2026 Item No.20 (DL) Court No.7 AJ. IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION W.P.A. 14812 of 2026 Aadhar Housing Finance Limited -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Simran Hossain, Mr. Debraj Sinha, Mr. Arijit Dey, Mr. S. Mondal. …for the petitioner. Mr. Suman Kumar Roy, Mr. S. Naskar, … for the State. 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today be kept with the record. 2. This writ petitioner is aggrieved by the long pendency of the petitioner’s application under Section 14 of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Barrackpore. 3. The petitioner claims to be a secured creditor. The petitioner contends that its application under Section 14 of the 2002 Act has been pending since September 24, 2025. 4. An application under Section 14 of the 2002 Act requires immediate attention. 2 5. Having heard the learned Advocates appearing for the respective parties and having considered the material-on-record, this writ petition is disposed of by requesting the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barrackpore to dispose of the petitioner’s application under Section 14 of the 2002 Act as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of one month from date, in accordance with law. 6. WPA 14812 of 2026 stands disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. 7. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the application under Section 14 of the 2002 Act. 8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities. (Om Narayan Rai, J.)