ORDER :

S.VAIDYANATHAN, JAYACHANDRAN, JJ.

T.Subramanian the petitioner in W.P.(MD)No.14567 of 2021 is the former Executive Engineer in Manimuthar Basin Division, PWD, WRD, Devakottai. His wife S.Rajeswari is the petitioner in W.P.(MD) No.14568 of 2021. These two writ petitions are filed by the husband and wife challenging the summons dated 30.07.2021, issued under Section 50 (2) and (3) of the Prevention of Money- Laundering Act, 2002 [in short ''PMLA''], by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before the Assistant Director, Enforcement Directorate, Madurai, on 23rd August, 2021 along with the documents mentioned in the schedule annexed to the summons.

2. The facts leading to the writ petitions is that, on reliable source information that T.Subramanaian had acquired and in possession of movable and immovable properties and pecuniary resources in his name and his wife's name [Rajeswari] disproportionate to his known source of income, the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Madurai, registered a case under Sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(b) of Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 109 of IPC against the writ petitioners herein in Crime No.5 of 202