TMI Blog2020 (10) TMI 207X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and 2 and Mr.R.Vijayarajan, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of the third respondent. 3. The petitioners, in the affidavit filed in support of this writ petition, would aver among other things that the landed property comprised in Old Survey No.207/2A and New Survey No.91/2A bearing Patta No.134, Kalikappan II Bit Village, Madurai North Taluk, Madurai District, admeasuring to an extent of 5 acres and 74 cents was originally owned by the father of the first petitioner and he executed a registered settlement deed dated 02.03.1966, in favour of the first petitioner and after the demise of Palaniappa Chettiar, his wife Meenakshi Aachi had adopted the second petitioner as her son by way of adoption deed dated 25.01.1974. 4. The petitio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... became aware of the fact that the third respondent has registered a case in ECIR No.13 of 2015, dated 31.12.2015 and proceeded with the investigation against Mr.P.K.M.Selvam and Mr.Sankara Narayanan and had passed a provisional order of attachment against the immovable properties which included the landed property of the petitioners measuring 5.74 acres, vide order dated 22.12.2016, bearing No.23/2016, under Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. 7. The petitioners, challenging the provisional order of attachment, preferred a statutory appeal before the first respondent, along with the petition for condonation of delay and connected petitions. 8. The first respondent took the appeal on its file in EPA-PMLA - 3219/C ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... apart, there are vacancies in the appellate Tribunal also, and on instructions would further add that outer time limit of three months may be fixed for disposal of the said applications as well as the appeal. 12. This Court heard the submissions of the learned counsel for the third respondent also. 13. This Court, taking into consideration the submissions made by the respective learned counsel for the parties and also the limited scope of the prayer sought for by the petitioners, directs the appellate Tribunal/Prevention of Money Laundering, New Delhi, to accord priority and give disposal to FPA - PMLA - 3219/CHN/2019 and the connected petitions in M.P.-PMLA- 6424/CHN/2019, M.P.-PMLA-6425/CHN/2019, M.P.-PMLA- 6426/CHN/2019 and M.P. - PML ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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