K. Arockiyaraj vs The Chief Judicial Magistrate on 27 August, 2013
10. The decision of the aforesaid Full Bench of the Madras High Court
has further been relied upon by the same High Court in the matter
of T.C. Ramadoss and another v. The Chief Manager and
Authorised Officer, State Bank of India, Chennai and others 4
wherein Satish K. Agnihotri, J, as then His Lordship was, speaking
for the Division Bench, while following the decision in K.
Arockiyaraj (supra) held that the legislators have made it clear that
4 AIR 2015 Madras 67
W.P.(C)No.1705/2017 &
W.P.(Art. 227)No.345/2017
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in any area other than a metropolitan area, the District Magistrate
of the concerned area will have jurisdiction to exercise power under
Section 14 of the Act, 2002, but, in metropolitan area, it is only the
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, who has the jurisdiction to exercise
power under Section 14 of the Act, 2002. The Division Bench
further held in para 10 as under: -