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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA
Eluri Prasad Rao, S/o. Late Sri Govindaiah Eluri – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, Rep. by its Union Principal Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Revenue Department – Respondent
ORDER :
1. This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorari calling for the records in Order dated 14.06.2023 in O.C.1890/2023 in PAO No.04/2022 dated 30.12.2022 in ECIR/HYZO/03/2017 passed by the Adjudicating Authority/2nd respondent herein and to declare the same as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and without jurisdiction of PMLA, besides violative of fundamental rights of the petitioner guaranteed under Articles 14 & 21 of the Constitution of India and quash the order dated 14.06.2023.
2. The petitioner herein is a Director of M/s. Sri Bhuvaneswari Agri Processing & Marketing Private Limited and also engaged in public service activities. The General Manager, Retail Banking Group, IDBI Bank Limited, Hyderabad Zonal office had initially filed 3 written complaints dated 07.01.2017 to the Superintendent of Police, Head of the Branch, CBI, Anti Corruption Bureau, Visakhapatnam. Later, filed another complaint dated 15.12.2017 to the Superintendent of Police, Head of the Branch, CBI, Anti Corruption Bureau, Hyderabad complaining about the large scale fraud in the Guntur Branch of IDBI bank in the matter of processing and sanctioning loa
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