ORDER :

1. All these criminal writ applications have been preferred by the employees of the State Bank of India who are serving in different branches of the Bank in the State of Bihar. They have occasion to move to this Court seeking quashing of the first information reports lodged against them by the Sub- Registrars of different Registry Offices in the State of Bihar at the instance of the Principal Secretary, Department of Registration, Excise and Prohibition, Govt. of Bihar for the reason that the Bank in which they are serving as Branch Manager had either failed to credit the interest amount claimed towards the delayed transfer of the amount collected by the concerned Branch on account of registration of deeds and process fees and kept in the Accounts of the concerned Registry Offices of the State of Bihar, to the Government Treasury or for the reason that the Branch Manager(s) had not furnished the data’s showing the period of delay in transfer of money. All the FIRs have been registered by the Sub-Registrars of the Registry Office referring to the direction of the department alleging that due to violation of the rules of the Reserve Bank of India relating to transfer of the am