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The petitioners in both the petitions have come forward with these petitions seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.Nos.129 and 127 of 2015 respectively pending on the file of the learned XVI Metropolitan Magistrate, George Town, Chennai.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are facing criminal proceedings for the offences punishable under Sections 18 (1) of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 along with Rule 6 (1) (e) read with 18 (1) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. The case of the prosecution is that the respondent had conducted inspection in the petitioners' shop and during the inspection, they found that one packet in both the shops, totalling two packets, containing Ramraj Cotton Dhotis, were not packed with a label, which is contravening Section 18(1) of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as The Act) and hence, the respondent had issued show cause notices to the petitioners. In the show cause notices, it was stated that without waiting for sixty days for compounding the offences, complaint has been preferred within 49 days and no final order has been passed. The learned counsel for the petitioners further submitted that as per Section 50 of the Act, the petitioners are entitled to prefer an appeal and since no final order has been passed, their right of appeal has been curtailed and hence, the petitioners seek to quash the proceedings in C.C.Nos.129 and 127 of 2015 respectively pending on the file of the learned XVI Metropolitan Magistrate, George Town, Chennai.