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                  IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BANGLADESH

HIGH COURT DIVISION

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WRIT PETITION NO. 17664 OF 2025 In the matter of:

An  Application  under  Article  102  of  the Constitution  of  the  People’s  Republic  of Bangladesh.

              And

In the matter of:

S.M. Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited, represented by  its  Managing  Director,  having  its  address  at Nahar Mansion, 116, CDA Avenue, Post Office- Muradpur,  Police  Station-Panchlaish,  District- Chattogram and another.     

Petitioners

             -Versus-

The learned Judge of the Artha Rin Adalat No. 1, Dhaka and others  

Respondents

Mr. Md. Ziaul Hoque, with

Ms. Nusrat Jahan, Advocates

…For the petitioners Mr. Asadur Rouf, Senior Advocate with

Mr. A.R.M. Kamruzzaman Kakon, Advocate

…For the respondent No. 4   Mr. Mohammad Ali, Advocate

…For the respondent No. 5  

Heard  on:  10.06.2026,  17.06.2026,  18.06.2026, 28.06.2026, 29.06.2026 and 01.07.2026 Judgment on: 01.07.2026.

Present:

Mr. Justice Md. Mozibur Rahman Miah

And

Mr. Justice Rezaul Karim

Rezaul Karim, J.

This Rule Nisi was issued at the instance of the petitioners calling upon the respondents to show cause as to why the auction proceeding held on 25.11.2024, the Order No. 11 dated 12.08.2025 issued by the respondent


: 1 :

No. 1 (Annexure-D), Notice dated 08.10.2025 issued by the respondent No. 3  (Annexure-F1),  in  pursuance  of  the  Office  Order  being  Memo  No. 05.41.2600.011.27.017.25.1423/1(20)  dated  18.09.2025  issued  by  the respondent No. 2 (Annexure-F), should not be declared to have been passed without lawful authority and is of no legal effect, and/or pass such other or further order or orders as to this Court may seem fit and proper.

At the time of issuance of the Rule, this Court directed the parties to maintain status quo in respect of possession and position of the suit property in question for a period of 3(three) months from date of the order, and the said order of status quo was thereafter extended from time to time.

The facts leading to the issuance of the instant Rule, briefly stated, are as follows.

The petitioner No. 1, a company duly incorporated and registered under the relevant laws, availed a Cash Credit facility of Tk. 135,00,00,000 (Taka One Hundred Thirty Five Crore) only from the respondent No. 4 Bank dated 07.07.2013 and dated 06.07.2015. The said facility was subsequently renewed and rescheduled on several occasions, and was last sanctioned at Tk. 79,47,00,000 (Taka Seventy Nine Crore Forty Seven Lac) only, in the form of overdraft facility of Tk. 25,00,00,000 (Taka Twenty Five Crore) only and a Term Loan facility of Tk. 54,47,00,000 (Taka Fifty Four Crore Forty Seven Lac) only, on certain terms and conditions, dated 13.09.2021 and dated 16.01.2022 respectively.

For the purpose of availing the said loan facility, the petitioner No. 2, who is the Managing Director of the petitioner No. 1 company, mortgaged two  of  his  valuable  personal  properties  through  registered  Deeds  of Mortgage with Power of Attorney, along with other securities. It is stated that, after availing the loan facility, the petitioner company regularly paid its monthly installments to the respondent No. 4 Bank, but due to a downturn in its business, the petitioner company subsequently failed to adjust the loan liability in time.

It is further stated that, without considering the financial difficulties of the petitioner company’s business and without affording any opportunity or issuing any reminder or notice, the respondent No. 4 Bank, all of a sudden, on 23.08.2023, most arbitrarily filed Artha Rin Suit No. 878 of 2023, which was subsequently renumbered as Artha Rin Suit No. 934 of 2025, claiming Tk. 105,19,89,591.82 (Taka One Hundred Five Crore Nineteen Lac Eighty Nine Thousand Five Hundred Ninety One and Paisa Eighty Two) only, as on 14.08.2023, including interest. The petitioners have been contesting the suit by filing written statement.

During pendency of the said suit, the respondent No. 4 Bank, on 24.11.2024, filed an application under Section 12(2) and Section 57 of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003, praying for permission to sell the mortgaged property by way of auction. The matter was thereafter fixed for hearing of the said application and for filing of the petitioners’ written statement on 21.01.2025. However, the application was not heard on that date, and the next date was then fixed on 24.02.2025 for hearing of the said application and for submission of the names of mediators by both parties.

On  24.02.2025,  the  respondent  No.  4  Bank  did  not  press  the application dated 24.11.2024 filed under Section 12(2) and Section 57 of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003, thereby suppressing from the Court the fact that the property in question had already been put to auction on 25.11.2024, that is, the day immediately filing of the said application, and without any order of the Court granting permission for such auction. It is the petitioners’ case that the mortgaged property, was sold through the said auction held on 18.12.2024, and a registered Sale Deed No. 1160 dated 12.02.2025 was executed in favour of the respondent No. 5.

Upon  coming  to  know  of  the  said  sale,  the  petitioners  filed  an application on 12.08.2025 for cancellation of Sale Deed No. 1160 dated 12.02.2025 and for an order of injunction restraining the respondent No. 4 Bank from transferring possession of the flat to the respondent No. 5. By Order  No. 11  dated  12.08.2025,  the  respondent  No.  1  rejected the said application.  The  petitioners  thereafter  filed  a  further  application  on 08.09.2025 for cancellation of the said Sale Deed and for staying the sale proceedings, which was also rejected by the respondent No. 1 by order dated 08.09.2025.

It is further stated that, after the sale of the mortgaged apartment, the respondent No. 4 Bank applied to the District Magistrate for recovery of possession and control of the apartment from the Petitioner No. 2. Pursuant thereto, the respondent No. 2, the Additional District Magistrate, issued impugned  Memo  No.  05.41.2600.011.27.017.25.1423/2(20)  dated 18.09.2025, directing the respondent No. 3 to recover possession and control of the property from the petitioners. In compliance therewith, the respondent No. 3 issued the impugned Notice dated 08.10.2025, directing the petitioners to vacate the property and relinquish all common facilities by 23.10.2025.

Being aggrieved, the petitioners moved this Court and obtained the present Rule on 09.11.2025.

Mr.  Md.  Ziaul  Hoque  with  Nusrat  Jahan,  the  learned  Advocate appearing  for  the  petitioners,  submits  that  the  respondent  No.  4  Bank, without following the due process prescribed under the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003, most illegally and arbitrarily published the auction notice and conducted the auction on 25.11.2024 without the permission of the learned Judge of the Adalat, which is nothing but a colourable and arbitrary exercise of power by the Bank. He submits that, unless the auction proceeding and the subsequent sale proceedings, including the steps taken for recovery of possession, are declared unlawful and set aside, the Petitioner No. 2 will suffer irreparable loss and injury which cannot be compensated in terms of money.

He  further  submits  that  the  respondent  No.  1  failed  to  apply  his judicial mind to the fact that the application dated 24.11.2024, having been “not pressed” by the Bank on 24.02.2025, must be treated, as if no such application  had  ever  been  filed;  yet,  despite  this,  the  respondent  No.  1 proceeded to reject the petitioners’ application for cancellation of the Sale Deed and for injunction by his Order No. 11 dated 12.08.2025, which is unlawful and liable to be set aside.

The learned Advocate further submits that, under Section 12(2) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003, the Bank is required to communicate the result of the auction and the sale proceeds to the Court, but the respondent No. 4 Bank neither communicated the auction proceeding dated 25.11.2024 nor the subsequent Sale Deed No. 1160 dated 12.02.2025 to the Adalat. Instead, by not pressing the application on 24.02.2025, the Bank kept the Court in the dark, which amounts to suppression of material facts and the commission of fraud upon the Court. He submits that the property mortgaged with the bank is  a  dwelling  house  of  the  petitioner  No.  2,  who  continues  to  be  in possession  thereof,  and  that  the  auction  and  the  consequent  sale,  being unlawful, are liable to be declared as having no legal effect.

He also submits that the respondent No. 1 failed to consider that, the matter being sub judice before the Adalat, the mortgaged property could not lawfully be sold without the intervention and permission of the Court, and that the respondent No. 1 allowed the auction to publish on 25.11.2024 to stand despite this, and despite the pendency of the mediation proceedings. He submits that the conduct of the Bank in completing the auction during the pendency  of  its  own  application  for  permission  to  sell,  and  during  the pendency  of  the  mediation  proceedings  in  the  Artha  Rin  Suit  and  the connected C.R. Case, without the Court’s intervention, amounts to a clear disregard of law and a violation of the principles governing a fair auction. He accordingly submits that the auction proceeding dated 25.11.2024, the consequent sale proceedings, the impugned order No. 11 dated 12.08.2025, the office order dated 18.09.2025, and the notice dated 08.10.2025, are all issued in contravention with Section 12(5)(ka) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003, and liable to be declared to have been issued without lawful authority and is of no legal effect.

The  learned  Advocate  further  submits  that  the  petitioners  had  no knowledge whatsoever of the auction published on 25.11.2024, and that the Bank deliberately kept them in the dark. He submits that the Bank’s act of filing the application dated 24.11.2024 for permission to sell the mortgaged property was itself a calculated move — filed one day before the auction precisely so that the petitioners, upon receiving notice of the application, would assume that the matter was still at the stage of seeking permission and that no sale was imminent. He submits that by this device, the Bank ensured that the petitioners so that they could not take any step to protect their interest before the auction took place. He further submits that the Bank acted in collusion with the respondent No. 5 and sold the property at a price far below of its market value, causing grave financial loss to the petitioners. He submits that had the petitioners been given timely notice of the auction, as the law requires, they would have had the opportunity to participate in it and purchase the property themselves, and could retain their home but denial of such  opportunity,  was  not  mere  an  oversight  but  a  deliberate  act of  ill intension  on  the  part  of  the  Bank,  which  renders  the  entire  auction proceeding and the Sale Deed tainted and liable to be set aside.

Mr.  Asadur  Rouf,  the  learned  Senior  Advocate  with  Mr.  A.R.M. Kamruzzaman Kakon, the learned Advocate appearing for the respondent No.  4  Bank,  by  filing the  affidavit-in-opposition,  opposes  the  Rule  and submits that, the sale process had been verbally informed to the learned Judge of the Adalat. He further submits that, the Bank has shown that it had applied to the learned Judge of the Adalat for amendment of the plaint, and that the learned Judge allowed such amendment by striking out the property in question therefrom. He submits that, in these circumstances, there is no illegality in the auction or the sale, and that the same stand approved by the Adalat. He further submits that, under Section 12(2) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003, the Bank duly notified the Adalat of the matter through the application for amendment of the plaint. He submits that a mere non-filing of a written application informing the Court regarding the sale does not nullify the auction. He further submits that the petitioners have not raised any question regarding the legality of the auction process itself; their only grievance is that the property was sold without the knowledge and approval of the Court, which, he contends, is not borne out by the facts, since upon perusal of the entire order sheet of the suit it appears that the Court had full knowledge of the sale in question and the same was subsequently ratified by the Adalat. He also submits that, since prior approval of the Court is not required for selling the mortgaged property under Section 12(2) of the Ain — a position which the petitioners themselves do not dispute — and since there was no restraining order in force, the Bank was not obliged to wait for any approval before selling the property, and the Court did not raise any question regarding the sale during the pendency of the application; as such, there is no illegality in the sale. He further submits that the sale in question has already created a valid title in favour of the auction purchaser under Section 12(8) of the Ain, and that the petitioners have failed to establish any unfairness or procedural irregularity in the entire process of the auction. He finally  submits  that  if  the  sale  is  cancelled  by  this  Court,  the  auction purchaser will be seriously prejudiced and will suffer irreparable injury.

Mr. Mohammad Ali the learned Counsel for respondent No. 5 submits that the respondent No. 5 as a auction purchaser purchased the property through auction and made total payment as per order of the Court. In the meantime sale deed was executed and registered. Referring to Section 12(8) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain 2003, he further submits that if any financial institution sells any secured immovable or movable property in exercise of power such sale shall create valid title in favour of the purchaser and the purchase of such purchaser cannot be any way called in question. He lastly submits  that  the  auction  purchaser  already  invested  huge  amount  for purchasing  the  property,  if  the  Rule  is  made  absolute,  he  shall  suffer irreparable injury and loss.

We have heard the learned Advocates for the respective parties, and have  perused  the  writ  petition,  the  annexure  appended  thereto,  and  the affidavit-in-opposition filed on behalf of the respondent No. 4.

The arguments on both sides turn almost entirely on Section 12 of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003. It is necessary, at the outset, to set out the material provisions of that section in full:

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The central question in this Rule is whether the Bank, which held a registered Deed of Mortgage coupled with a Power of Attorney over the suit property, was entitled to sell that property by public auction while the Artha Rin suit was pending, and if so, whether the procedural steps that followed were consistent with the requirements of Section 12.

The starting point is sub-section (3). That provision makes it clear that where a financial institution has advanced a loan against an immovable property taken in mortgage, and the mortgage instrument itself confers on the lender the power to sell the mortgaged property, the lender shall not file a suit without selling the property or having genuinely tried and fail to sell it. The evident purpose of this requirement is to ensure that the security is exhausted  before  resorting  to  litigation,  so  that  the  suit  is  confined  to whatever  balance  remains  unsatisfied  after  the  sale.  The  present  case, however, involves a situation where the suit was filed before the mortgaged property was sold. That is the situation sub-section (2) addresses, and it is to that provision that we must look for the applicable framework.

Sub-section (2), read with sub-section (3), together make it clear that where a suit has been filed before the sale, the Bank even retains its power to sell during pendency of the suit to adjust the sale proceeds against the claim and inform the court in writing. The scheme does not require the Bank to seek any order before exercising that power of sale, because the power derives  from  the  mortgage  instrument  supported  by  statute,  having  no requirement of any fresh order from the Adalat.

The  learned  Counsel  for  petitioners  placed  his  reliance  on  the judgment of the Appellate Division passed in Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 2876 of 2023 in Sulaiman Rubel and Others v. Kazi Sirajul Islam and Others, decided on 27.11.2023, reported in 16 LM (AD) 2024, page 551. We have considered that decision carefully, but we find it does not assist the case of the petitioners, and for more than one reason. To begin with, Sulaiman Rubel was a case where the writ petition was filed before the auction had taken place — the entire litigation was an attempt to stop a sale yet to happen. Here, in the instant case the sale has already been done, and then a registered sale deed was executed, and the respondent No. 5 holds title. The petitioners here have not questioned the propriety of sale; they are seeking to undo it so the ratio of Sulaiman Rubel simply does not applicable here. Beyond that, the petitioners have misread what was held in the cited decision. The Appellate Division directed that “the Bank is at liberty to sell the mortgaged property during pendency of the suit by way of auction or negotiation with the approval of the Artha Rin Adalat.” The phrases “with the approval of the Artha Rin Adalat” attaches to negotiation, not to auction. An auction is a public, competitive, rule-governed process, transparent by its very nature; but a negotiated private sale is not, which is why the Adalat’s oversight  becomes  necessary  in  that  mode   particularly  where,  as  in Sulaiman Rubel, the borrower and the mortgagor are different persons. Here the sale was by public auction, and that condition has no application. Finally, the broader thrust of Sulaiman Rubel, if anything, supports the Bank: the Appellate Division expressly held that sub-section (1) of Section 12 is not a mandatory bar to filing suit, and went so far as to set aside the High Court Division’s order halting the suit pending the sale, finding it without legal basis. The consistent observation of that judgment is that a Bank’s power to sell during the pendency of a suit is preserved by statute and does not require any fresh judicial authorisation.

We now turn to the question of Section 12(2) compliance. That sub- section requires the Bank, having filed a suit without a prior sale, to sell the property, adjust the proceeds against the claim, and inform the court in writing.  The  petitioners  submission  is  that  this  was  never  done   the application  of  24.11.2024  was  not  pressed,  and  no  separate  written communication  about  the  auction  was  made  to  the  Adalat.  The  Bank’s answer is that in the amendment of the plaint — striking the flat off the mortgage schedule and reducing the claim by the sale proceeds, done with the  Adalat’s  knowledge  and  allowed  by  it   is  precisely  the  written communication that Section 12(2) contemplates.

The petitioners’ argument on this point bears no substance. Section 12(2) does not require any particular application rather requires the Court be informed in writing and that of the claim adjusted. Here, an application for amendment of the plaint has been filed before the Court who examined it, and allowed the same and thereby adjusted the claim upon completing sale. The Adalat has not been “kept in the dark” as advanced by the learned Counsel for the petitioner. The obligation under Section 12(2) of the Ain was then satisfied.

But even if one were to assume, for the sake of argument, that there was  some  irregularity  in  the  manner  in  which  the  Bank  conducted  the auction or informed the Court — whether in the filing and withdrawal of the application of 24.11.2024, or in the timing of the written communication — the legal consequence of that irregularity is not what the petitioners claim it to be. Section 12(8) of the Ain states in unambiguous terms that where any property is sold to a purchaser under this section, such sale shall create a legal title in favour of the purchaser, and nothing in any other law shall be construed  to  invalidate  such  purchase.  The  proviso  then  limits  the consequences of irregularity to a personal claim for damages against the financial institution — it does not, and cannot, disturb the purchaser’s title. The distinction the legislature has drawn here is deliberate and clear: the purchaser  is  protected  absolutely;  the  remedy  for  any  grievance  lies  in damages against the respective official of its Bank, not cancellation of any sale. The Appellate Division affirmed this very principle in Banesa Bibi v. Senior Vice President, reported in 63 DLR (AD) 160, holding that “in case of an auction sale held illegally or with irregularity, the same cannot be challenged; however, the owner may sue the bank concerned for any loss, if suffered because of such illegal or irregular auction sale.” The present case falls  squarely  within  that  principle.  Whatever  the  petitioners’  grievance against the Bank may be, the sale stands and the title of the respondent No. 5 cannot be disturbed.

The position stated above finds further support in a decision in the case of Md. Moniruzzaman v. Bangladesh and others, reported in 68 DLR (HD) 255, where one of us is party to the said judgment (Md. Mozibur Rahman Miah, J.) ratio of which is akin to the points involved here. The Appellate Division’s in another decisions reported in 18 BLT (AD) 507 and 20 BLT (AD) 84, also held that where a mortgaged property is sold under Section 12 of the Ain, the mortgagor cannot raise any objection regarding any irregularity or illegality in auction sale, since Section 12(8) of the Ain has provided the remedy in that regard, and that once an auction sale is complete,  no  relief is  available  against  it   the  only  recourse  being  a separate proceeding for compensation against the Bank if illegality in the sale is established. This Court further held, in its decision reported in 20 BLT  (AD)  64  held  that  where  the  mortgagor  by  Power  of  Attorney authorises the Bank to sell the mortgaged property, the Bank is entitled to effect such sale without the intervention of any court. The petitioners in the present case are in no different a position. Their allegations of collusion and undervaluation, even if taken into record do not open a door that Section 12(8) has firmly shut. The remedy, if any, lies elsewhere.

We  are  therefore satisfied that the auction of  25.11.2024  and the consequent Sale Deed dated 12.02.2025 fall within the scheme of Section 12, and that Section 12(8) fully protects the title of the respondent No. 5. The petitioners cannot assert any irregularity in the manner in which the

auction was advertised, valued, or conducted, independent of the want-of- permission argument that we have already addressed. In the absence of any such specific allegation, there is no basis to interfere with the sale.

The office Order dated 18.09.2025 and the notice dated 08.10.2025 were issued to give effect to the recovery of possession following a sale that, on our findings, was lawfully effected, Sub-sections (5) and (5Ka) of Section 12 provide precisely this machinery: where the person in occupation does not transfer possession voluntarily, the financial institution or the purchaser may invoke the authority of the District Magistrate. The steps taken by the respondent Nos. 2 and 3 fall squarely within the statutory framework and are independently unobjectionable.

Regard being had to the above facts and circumstances, we don’t find any shred of merit in the instant Rule.

Accordingly, the Rule is discharged. However, without any order as to costs.

The order of status quo granted at the time of issuance of the rule stands recalled and vacated.

Communicate this judgment and order at once.

Md. Mozibur Raman Miah, J.  

 I agree.

Mazhar, BO