JUDGMENT :

1. The challenge in this revision petition is two fold. One is to the order dated 24.06.2021 passed by the Special Judge (PC Act), Raipur in Special Criminal Case No.794/2015 whereby the applications filed u/s 227 of the Cr.P.C., to discharge the petitioners is dismissed. Another challenge is to the order dated 30.06.2021 passed in the aforesaid Criminal Case, whereby the learned Special Judge has framed charges against the petitioners under the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC.

2. Brief facts of the case are that pursuant to the FIR lodged on 12.02.2015, the charge sheet was initially filed against 16 accused wherein these applicants were not arrayed. Though the initial sanction order was given by the State Government to prosecute the applicants but awaiting the sanction, they being in service of Indian Administrative Services on 04.7.2016 sanction was granted by the Central Government of India to prosecute the applicants. Thus supplementary charge sheet was filed against the present applicants pursuant to such sanction given by the Government of India. In between the intervening period of time from the initial filing of charge sheet against 16 accused and filing of