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According to the petition before the court, a credit facility of Rs 16.69 crore was sanctioned by Axis Bank to Sundev Appliances Ltd, secured by a mortgaged property in Maharashtra's Vasai, in 2013. After the borrower defaulted, the account was declared a non-performing asset in 2017, prompting the bank to invoke its rights under the law, which was followed by a civil dispute over ownership of the mortgaged property. One of the persons involved in the dispute, thereafter, approached the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. The high court stayed the order saying the proceedings pending before the Commission were without jurisdiction. "The proceedings pending before respondent no.1 (National Commission for Scheduled Tribes), particularly, the summons issued therein which requires the MD & CEO of the petitioner (bank) to appear before the respondent no.1, are without jurisdiction. No rationale has been recorded for requiring senior officials of the petitioner to appear personally before the respondent no.1," the judge said, and posted the matter for further hearing on February 5, next year.