ORDER :

R. Subbiah, J.

(Prayer: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of Writs of Certiorari to call for the records from the respondent herein relating to registration of Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in his proceedings ECIR.No.KCZO/4/2014, dated 19.08.2014 and the Provisional Attachment Order No.02-/2019 issued in ECIR/04/KCZO/2014/1137, dated 22.07.2019 under Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and quash the same.)

1. Both these Writ Petitions are filed questioning the validity and/or legality of the registration of Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in proceedings in ECIR.No.KCZO/4/2014, dated 19.08.2014 and consequential Provisional Attachment Order No.02-/2019 (for short, ‘the PAO’) issued in ECIR/04/KCZO/2014/1137, dated 22.07.2019 under Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (for short, ‘PMLA’) on the file of the respondent and quash the same.

2. Both the writ petitions are filed by the companies, which are represented by Mr.A.John Kennedy, the first petitioner in W.P. No. 25177 of 2019. Since the Writ Petitions are filed with identical prayer and the issues involv