THANIKKACHALAM, J.

The writ petitioner is the appellant herein. The writ petition was filed for issuance of a writ ofmandamusdirecting the respondents 1 and 2 to release the trailor bearing registration No. TMT 5637 to the petitioner on such condition pending investigation in F. No. VIII/48/3/97-DPI on the file of the respondents. In the writ petition a Writ Miscellaneous Petition No. 8635 of 1997 was filed praying for grant of interim custody of the trailor bearing Registration No. TMT 5637 to the petitioner pending disposal of the above writ petition. The learned single Judge, who heard the writ petition and W.M.P. dismissed both the petitions. As against this order the petitioner in the writ petition is in appeal before this Court.

2.In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the writ petition stated as under : Her husband late G.V. Siva was the proprietor of Om Sakthi Vinayaka Transport, Royapuram, Chennai. He was murdered on 22-1-1997 and after his death the petitioner in the writ petition was looking after the business. On 16-1-1997 a trailor bearing registration No. TMT 5637, which was owned by the husband of the petitioner, was taken on hire by an exp