1. - In this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ of (SIC) or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing the proceeding pending in the Special Criminal Case No. 9 of 1971 in the Court of Special Judge for CBI cases, Jaipur on the ground of violation of his fundamental right of speedy public trial under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

2. The facts giving rise to this writ petition are not material because the question posed for our consideration is a (SIC) question of (SIC) so, (SIC) facts may be briefly stated since they would provide the (SIC) drop against which the question of law arises for consideration. The (SIC) for the factual matrix may be stated thus:

3. The petitioner, in the year 1976, when he was posted and working as Income tax Officer at Sawai Madhopur, CBI, Jaipur registered a case, No. 27/76, on 17th September. 1975 against him under Section 5 read with Section 5/2 of the prevention of Corruption Act and, thereafter search of the house of the petitioner, at Sawai Madhopur as well as (SIC) family house at (SIC) was conducted at the behest of a complaint made by the