This criminal miscellaneous writ petition challenged the refusal to direct District Revenue Officers to act on representations from depositors of M/s. Pazee Forex Trading India Pvt Limited, which faced prosecution. The Court dismissed the petition.
The writ petition was closed with no costs awarded.
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W.P.(Crl.)No.13743 of 2020
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 07.10.2020
CORAM
THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE P.N. PRAKASH
W.P.(Crl.)No.13743 of 2020
and WMP.No.17084 of 2020
1.P.R.Kasilingam
2.R.K.Maheswari
3.K.Sampathkumar
Rep by his Power of Attorney Mr.P.R.Kasilingam
4.K.Sivasankar
Rep by his Power of Attorney Mr.P.R.Kasilingam
5.K.Sakthiyabama
6.R.Sowrimala
7.S.Amarnath
8.K.Anand
9.R.Manjammal
10.R.Alagarsamy
11.A.Dhanalakshmi
12.A.Jeyalakshmi ... Petitioners
Vs.
1.The District Revenue Officer
District Revenue Office
Tiruppur District.
2.The District Revenue Officer
Office of the District Revenue Officer
Coimbatore.
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Crime No. R.c.No. 12/E/2011
... Respondents
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the first respondent herein to dispose of the representations of the petitioners herein, dated 03.06.2020 in respect of 1 to 8 petitioners herein; and 08.06.2020 in respect of 9 to 12 petitioners herein; made to the first respondent and pass orders in accordance with law within a period stipulated by this Court.
For Petitioners : Mr.C.Sivanesan
For Respondents : Mrs.P.Kritika Kamal Govt. Advocate (Crl Side) for RR1 & 2
Mr.K.Srinivasan Special Public Prosecutor for CBI Cases for R3
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O R D E R
This writ petition has been filed seeking a direction, to direct the
the first respondent to dispose of the representations of the petitioners dated 03.06.2020 and 08.06.2020.
petitioners cannot be granted, since there is no statutory obligation for the respondents 1 and 2 to dispose of the representations given by the petitioners. The remedy open to the petitioners is to wait for the first and second respondents to realise all the assets of the defaulting
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company, and thereafter, disburse the amounts so realised, equitably to
the depositors.
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P.N.PRAKASH, J.
ds
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether a writ of mandamus can be issued directing the District Revenue Officers to dispose of representations received from depositors of a defunct forex company.
P.R. Kasilingam
R.K. Maheswari
K. Sampathkumar
K. Sivasankar
K. Sakthiyabama
R. Sowrimala
P.N. Prakash
As recorded by the court registry
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