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A. K. Sreekumar – Appellant
Versus
Director, Vigilance And Anti Corruption Bureau – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K. Babu, J.
The prayers in this writ petition are as follows:-
ii) To issue a Writ of Mandamus commanding the 1st and 2nd respondents to register FIR and commence investigation forthwith upon Exhibit-P1 petition without waiting for previous approval contemplated under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
iii) To dispense with filing of the translation of vernacular documents.
iv) To issue any other writ, orders or directions as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit on the facts and circumstances of the case.”
2. The petitioner seeks enquiry/investigation into the allegations of misappropriation and corruption in the educational institution by the name ‘Nazreth Pharmacy College’. The petitioner alleges a conspiracy among the members of a charitable society registered under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955, which runs the college. The petitioner arraigned nine persons as suspects in Ext.P1 complaint submitted before the Director of Vigilance. It is alleged that the suspecte
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