OTS Drive of SBT

BL:27 July 2012

State Bank of Travancore (SBT) has launched a one-time settlement (OTS) campaign for repayment of non-performing accounts in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) segment.

The scheme is applicable to all sub-standard assets (in default for more than 12 months) without collateral backing.

It is also applicable for doubtful or ‘loss assets’ (loss identified but not written off) as on March 31, 2012, as defined in the MSMED (MSME Development) Act 2006.

All MSME borrowers can avail this special opportunity and settle their outstanding with the bank, a bank spokesman said here.

There is also an additional incentive of 15 per cent and 10 per cent discount on the OTS amount arrived for borrowers who make full payment respectively within one month or three months from the date of approval of the OTS.

The last date of receipt of application by branches is August 31. More details can be had from the nearest branch or the MSME department at the SBT head office (phone no: 0471-2353658).

Madras HC directs DRT to consider afresh hotel's plea

PTI | 11:06 PM,Jun 19,2012

Chennai, Jun 19 (PTI): Coming to the aid of a city hotel, the Madras High Court has reverted a petition by the hotel, challenging the auctioning of its immovable property, back to a Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) for fresh consideration. 

Giving the direction on a petition filed by M Rajasekar, a Director of 'Hotel Breeze', a Division Bench comprising Justices D Murugesan and K K Sasidharan said it was for the DRT to consider the matter afresh on merits and dispose of it preferably within six weeks.

 Submitting that the hotel was in existence for about two decades, Rajasekar contended that the title deeds of its immoveable assets were mortagaged for a loan of Rs 12.75 crore from a branch of INDUSIND BANK, here, by Exim Rajathi India Private Limited, involved in export and import of agricultural products. 

However, the borrower could not repay the loan amount due to unforseen circumstances and the bank had initiated recovery proceedings.

 The borrower had also approached the bank for a one-time settlement and ngotiations were still on the petitioner said. 

Meanwhile, Mumbai based Pegasus Assets Reconstruction Private Limited, an assignee of the IndusInd Bank, initiated proceedings to auction the property of the petitioner. 

Contending that the company was not entitled to initiate the 'drastic' auctioning process, that too when the one time settlement process was pending before the bank, the petitioner moved the High Court challenging the move to auction the property.