1. The grievance of the Petitioner in the present petition is to the incompetency of the authority granting sanction for prosecution against him for offences under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (POC Act) in RC EOU-1 2005 A 0005 and thus the initiation of proceedings against the Petitioner is illegal and void ab initio be set aside.

2. Learned counsel for the Petitioner contends that in terms of the Regulations as empowered to be framed under Section 480 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (in short “DMC Act”), the authority competent to remove the Petitioner is the Corporation, however, in the case of the Petitioner the sanction has been granted by the Commissioner, MCD, who is not the authority competent to remove him. He further contends that as per Section 2(7) of the DMC Act, “Corporation” means the Municipal Corporation of Delhi established under the Act. Section 44 provides for the municipal authorities for the efficient performance of the Corporation and the Commissioner, MCD is one of the authorities. Section 59 of the DMC Act provides for the functions of the Commissioner and the main function of the Commiss