D/L- 46 24/07/2026 Ct. No.-10 Aritra In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side WPA 1377 of 2026 Sri Jibangshu Paul, Authorised Officer, Punjab National Bank Vs. The Learned District Magistrate, Cooch Behar & Ors. Mr. Tapas Paul Mr. Pritam Roy ….for the petitioner Mr. Kunaljit Bhattacharjee, AGP, Mr. Alok Sah ….for the State The primary grievance of the petitioner is that the application under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002 filed by the petitioner/bank is yet to be disposed of. The learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the application under Section 14 of the 2002 Act was filed on August 21, 2024. Heard the learned Additional Government Pleader on such submission. Without entering into the merits of the claim made by the petitioner/bank, WPA 1377 of 2026 stands disposed of by directing the District Magistrate, Cooch Behar to dispose of the application under Section 14 of the 2002 Act filed by the petitioner/bank as expeditiously as possible but positively within a period of 6 weeks from the receipt of a server copy of 2 this order together with a photocopy of the application under Section 14 of the 2002 Act. There will be no order as to costs. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)