JUDGMENT :

K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.

1. Canara Bank, Tiruppur (first respondent herein) filed O.A. No. 152 of 2002 before Debt Recovery Tribunal, Coimbatore for a decree directing the defendants therein to pay a sum of Rs.29,68,161.93 with interest at 17% per annum, being the amount on account of Open Cash Credit facilities; a sum of Rs.30,82,758 being the amount due on account of packing credit facilities and a sum of Rs.99,00,558 being the amount due for Foreign Bills of Exchange facilities and also for a further direction.

2. The petitioner and respondent nos. 2 to 6 herein preferred I.A. No. 873 to 875 of 2007 before the Tribunal seeking a direction to produce the extract of accounts as well as documents relating to banking transactions. Those applications were opposed by the bank contending that none of the documents sought for were germane to the issue to be decided in the applications but only to protract the proceedings. The applications were rejected by the tribunal on the ground that the intention of the petitioner was only to delay the proceedings, against which the petitioner herein filed writ petition nos. 14428-14430 of 2008 before the High Court of judicature at Madras.