BHARATI H. DANGRE, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent of the parties.

The petitioners who are the office bearers/ employees of a Credit Society titled as "Bhaichand Hirachand Raisoni Multi State Credit Society" have invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court praying for issuance of appropriate direction to transfer the entire proceedings pertaining to 77 CRs registered under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and The Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors Act (for short 'MPID') in which they are arraigned as accused to a Single MPID Court at Jalgaon.

2. All the petitioners are arraigned as accused in various FIRs which are registered in different police stations alleging therein that the Multi State Credit Society has accepted deposits from individuals but has failed to return the said deposits with the promised returns. The FIRs lodged in various police stations allege that the office bearers of the Multi-State Credit Society known as Bhaichand Hirachand Raisoni has accepted the amount from various investors and 77 such FIRs came to be registered in various police stations in the State, including Pune, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Vardha, Am