JUDGMENT :

REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.

1. By the aforesaid petitions, the petitioners seek quashing and setting aside/withdrawal of the Look Out Circulars (‘LOCs’) issued as against them, by the respondent No. 1-CBI.

2. The petitioners i.e. Lt. Colonel Indrajit Chakraborty and his wife-Sandhya Indrajit Chakraborty i.e. petitioner No. 2 in Writ Petition No. 3160/2023 are the parents of petitioners in Writ Petition Nos. 3135/2023 and 3885/2023.

The petitioner No. 1 in Writ Petition No. 3160/23 is a retired Army Officer, having retired from the Indian Army as a Lt. Colonel. Post retirement, the petitioner No. 1 has settled in Mumbai. The petitioner No. 2 in the said petition, is the wife of the petitioner No. 1, who was working as a teacher in various Army Schools.

It appears that the petitioner-Showik in Writ Petition No. 3135/2023 got employment with Jann Projects Pvt. Ltd. as an Executive, after he was released on bail in an NDPS case. The said Jann Projects Pvt. Ltd. is stated to be a sister concern of The Global Education and Leadership Foundation (‘GELF’). According to the petitioner, he is presently working as a Senior Manager for entrepreneurship at the GELF and as such, is required to