IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 03.07.2025 Gurjeet Singh …….Petitioner Versus Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Chandigarh ...….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHEEL NAGU, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV BERRY Present: Mr. N.S. Swaitch, Advocate, and Ms. Harshmir Kaur Swaitch, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Addl. Solicitor General of India, with Mr. Akash Vashisth, Central Government Counsel, for the respondent.

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SHEEL NAGU, CHIEF JUSTICE ( Oral )

1. This petition essentially assails the provisional order dated 12.03.2025 (Annexure P-2) passed under Section 5 (1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (‘PMLA’ for brevity), attaching certain properties of the petitioner, prima facie alleged to be involved in money laundering.

2. This Court, while taking cognizance of this matter on 12.05.2025, had restricted scope of this petition by asking Mr. Satya Pal Jain, learned Additional Solicitor General of India, to respond only on one point, i.e. whether the matter had been referred to the Adjudicating Authority within stipulated period of 3 days prescribed in Section 5 (5) of PMLA ?

2.1 The affid