1. - Petitioner, Ram Chandra, has laid this writ petition praying therein under mentioned reliefs:-

(i) the order dated 1.11.2002 (Anx.9) issued by respondent no.2 ordering prosecution sanction against the petitioner may kindly be quashed.

(ii) any other relief which this Hon'ble Court deems just and proper in favour of the petitioners, may kindly be granted and

(iii) the cost of the writ petition be allowed in favour of the petitioner.

2. The brief facts, giving rise to this writ petition, are that a First Information Report was lodged against the petitioner, when he was posted as Industries Inspector at District Industries Centre, Nagaur, alleging therein that the petitioner and one Tansukh, the then Commercial Taxes Officer, conspired to extend the undue advantage to Hanumant Cement Pvt. Ltd., under Sales-tax Encouragement Scheme and the said omission and commission of both of them has resulted in huge loss to Government revenue in the form of sales tax. The amount was also quantified as Rs. 98,39,918/-in the FIR. In the FIR, offences under Section 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Section 420, 467, 471 and 120-B were attributed to the petitio