The petitioner has been served with a summons under Section 40 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (Act 46 of 1973) by the respondent herein. The petitioner has filed this writ petition to quash the said summons.

2.In the affidavit, the petitioner has stated that the respondent searched the premises and business place of a company known as "Super Duper T.V. Private Ltd." The petitioner's brother one Mr. Sudhakaran happened to be there and after the search he had been given summons purporting to be under Section 40 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (hereinafter refer to as FERA Act). The said summons addressed the petitioner in his capacity as Director of Super Duper T.V. Private Ltd. The petitioner is not in any way connected with the said company nor he is its Director. The impugned summons is illegal and does not comply the mandatory requirement of Section 40 of the FERA Act. The summons have been issued to him as he happened to be the sister's son of Mrs. Sasikala, who is a close friend of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The political overtones of the issuance of summons to the petitioner is all too obvious. Without a shred of evidence of material th