1. The petitioners in these writ petitions, challenge the provisional orders of attachment passed by the Director of Enforcement, which later got confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

2. I have heard Mr.N.Manokaran, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in the first two writ petitions, Mr.J.Ferozkhan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in the third and fourth writ petitions and Mr.M.Dhandapani, learned counsel appearing for the Directorate of Enforcement.

3. The petitioners in the first two writ petitions are the wife and daughter of one Md. Ismail Khan Ghori, against whom a complaint in Crime No.35 of 2010 was registered for alleged offences under Section 420 read with Section 511 IPC and Sections 4 and 5 of Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, 1978. The said Md. Ismail Khan Ghori and his two sons and another person, were partners of a Company by name M/s.Green Life. It is alleged in the criminal complaint that the said Company collected huge amounts from thousands of customers in Trichy, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli etc., and cheated them. The partners were all arrested and detained