ORDER

Preliminary:

1. These two petitions between the same parties and involving inter-related issues, have been considered together; and are taken up for disposal by this common order.

2. The petitioner-Dr.Vijay Mallya proposed to maintain an appeal before the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Chennai (‘DRAT’), being AIR No.605/2017, against the order dated 19.01.2017, as passed by the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Karnataka, Bangalore (‘DRT’) in O.A.No.766/2013. The said appeal having been dismissed on 02.01.2018 for want of appearance and for non- compliance of office objections, the petitioner filed an application seeking its restoration and another application for condonation of delay whereupon, the DRAT, by its order dated 28.03.2018, directed the petitioner to deposit a sum of Rs.3,101 Crore on or before 25.04.2018 and observed that in case of failure in compliance, the appeal will be liable to be dismissed automatically. This order dated 28.03.2018 has been challenged by the petitioner in W.P.No.16351/2018.

3. The petitioner filed another application before the DRAT, being I.A.No.430/2018, seeking enlargement of time for making the deposit as fixed by the order dated 28.03.2018 with