[2026:RJ-JP:14439] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6170/2026 Au Small Finance Bank Limited, (Erstwhile Au Financiers India Limited) Having Its Registered Office At 19-A, Dhuleshwar Garden, Ajmer Road, Jaipur Through Its Authorized Officer. ----Petitioner Versus 1. Superintendent Of Police, District Bundi, Rajasthan. 2. District Collector, Bundi, Rajasthan. 3. Sho Hindoli, District Bundi, Rajasthan. ----Respondents 4. Moti Lal S/o Ram Lal Gurjar (Borrower), R/o Bundi, Borkhera, Bundi, Rajasthan- 323023. 5. Mukesh Gurjar S/o Ram Lal Gurjar (Co-Borrower), R/o Bundi, Borkhera, Bundi, Sahaspuriya, Bundi Rajasthan- 323023. 6. Soniya Gurjar W/o Moti Lal Gurjar, R/o Bundi, Borkhera, Bundi, Sahaspuriya, Bundi Rajasthan- 323023. ----Respondents/Borrowers For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ravi Kumar Palsaniya For Respondent(s) : Ms. Sunita Meena and Ms. Devakriti Vashishtha for Mr. Bhuwnesh Sharma, AAG HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUROOP SINGHI Order 07/04/2026 1. Mr. Ravi Kumar Palsaniya, learned counsel for petitioner has confined his submissions to the extent of prayer No.1 of the writ petition, which reads as under :- "i. Issue an appropriate writ order or directions to the Respondent No.1-3 to restore the physical possession of the secured assets in favour of the petitioner bank immediately without any further delay in light of the judgment passed by the [2026:RJ-JP:14439] (2 of 4) [CW-6170/2026] Hon'ble Rajasthan High Court in the matter titled "Atma Ram Bishnoi vs. AU Small Finance Bank." 2. In view thereof, issue notice to the respondents No.1 to 3 only. 3. Ms. Sunita Meena, Advocate, and Ms. Devakriti Vashishtha, Advocate, appearing for Mr. Bhuwnesh Sharma, learned AAG, puts in appearance on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3. 4. Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that the controversy involved in the petition stands duly covered by the order dated 21.01.2025 passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court at Principal Seat, Jodhpur in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 15697/2024 titled as AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. Versus Atma Ram Bishnoi & Ors. and other connected matters, the relevant portion of which reads as under: “The facts narrated above clearly show that the respondent No.1 had taken loan from the petitioner and in the process, he had mortgaged his property for securing the loan amount. It is also clear that the respondent No.1 had not repaid the loan amount, therefore, the proceedings under the Act of 2002 were initiated against him. The proceedings aforesaid culminated into issuance of possession notice by the petitioner bank for securing the loan amount. After the petitioner having taken over possession of the mortgaged property of the respondent No.1, the respondent No.1 through his muscle power has forcibly taken over possession of the mortgaged property and has been enjoying the same without repayment of the loan amount due to the petitioner. The petitioner in these circumstances approached the respondent No.2-Superintendent of Police, Sri Ganganagar and respondent No.4-District Collector, Sri Ganganagar by way of filing appropriate representations as per [2026:RJ-JP:14439] (3 of 4) [CW-6170/2026] the Rules for securing possession of the mortgaged property. It is informed that till date, the possession of mortgaged property has not been restored to the petitioner bank. The State functionaries are under an obligation to restore rule of law. If the petitioner is not allowed to take possession of the mortgaged property, it will amount to a clear case of defiance of rule of law and therefore, the respondents Nos.2 and 4 are under an obligation to act in consonance with the provisions of law for restoring possession of the petitioner in the circumstances when the petitioner has already approached them. This Court is surprised that on one hand, a person had taken loan and when the same was not repaid, the possession of the mortgaged property was taken over by the petitioner bank as per law but by sheer muscle power, the petitioner bank has been dislodged and possession of the mortgaged property has been forcibly taken over by the respondent No.1 and despite having represented to the law enforcing officer, nothing has been done to uphold majesty of law till date. The situation is alarming and the State functionaries are warned that if they do not act in such a situation, it will create lawlessness in the State of Rajasthan which will be viewed very seriously by this Court. Therefore, this court is of the view that stern action should be taken against the respondent No.1 for restoring possession of the mortgaged property immediately to the petitioner. In view of the discussion made above, the writ petition merits acceptance and therefore, the same is allowed. The respondent No.2 District Collector, Sri Ganganagar and respondent No.4- Superintendent of Police, Sri Ganganagar are directed to act immediately for restoring possession of the mortgaged property to the bank in accordance with law. The entire exercise shall be carried out by the respondents within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.” 5. Since, the controversy involved in the present matter is similar in nature, wherein, the petitioner – Bank had already taken possession of the secured asset pursuant to an order passed [2026:RJ-JP:14439] (4 of 4) [CW-6170/2026] under Section 14 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 and thereafter was dispossessed by forcible re-entry, this Court finds no valid reason to take a different view. 6. In that view of the matter, the present writ petition stands disposed of in light of the order passed in the case of AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. (supra) with directions to the respondents No.1 and 3 to take all possible endeavours to restore the possession of the mortgaged property to the petitioner-Bank in accordance with law preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 7. With the above directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. 8. Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. (ANUROOP SINGHI),J VINAY /50