India, Oct. 11 -- A special court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea filed by the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), seeking action against former minister Babanrao Gholap and his wife, Shashikala, for having sold 16 properties which were under attachment.

Special judge Satyanarayan Navander refused to entertain the plea, saying the disproportionate assets case against Gholap and his wife, under which the properties were attached, had been disposed off way back in March 2014. The court asked the ACB to approach the Bombay High Court, where the Gholaps' appeals against their conviction and three-year jail term are pending.

The properties of the five-term MLA from Deolali assembly constituency were attached in the disproporti...