J.B. Pardiwala, J.

By this application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the applicant calls in question the legality and validity of the order dated 25th October 2016 passed by the 5th Additional District Judge, Surat, below Exhibit-1 in the Criminal Inquiry Case No.6 of 2016.

2. The facts giving rise to this application may be summarised as under:

2.1. The applicant herein filed a private complaint in the Court of the learned Special Judge, Surat for the offence punishable under Sections 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 of the Prevention of Corruption Ac, 1988 and Sections 120B, 177, 182, 193, 196, 197, 199, 203, 204, 406, 409, 420, 423, 466, 467, 468, 471, 477 read with 34 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code. The complaint was lodged against in all nineteen persons. Since a neat question of law has been raised, I need not go into the nature of the allegations levelled in the complaint.

3. Upon such complaint being filed in the Court concerned, the same was registered as the Criminal Inquiry Case No.6 of 2016.

4. The learned Special Judge dropped the inquiry as he notice