COMMON ORDER

The petitioners in all the above criminal original petitions are the accused in C.C.Nos.74 of 2001 and 75 of 2001 on the file of the Court of Additional Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai, which are registered by the respondent on the charges of commission of offences by each of the petitioners punishable under Sections 120-B r/w.s420,467,467 r/w.471,468,468 r/w.471 and Section 13(2) r/w.13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Since their applications praying to direct the respondent Police to furnish the copies of statements and documents relied on by the prosecution translated to Tamil were dismissed by the Court of Additional Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai, they all have come forward to file the above criminal original petitions against the orders of the said Court dated 25.2.2003 made in Crl.M.P.Nos.11 to 21 of 2003 praying to set aside the order passed by the trial Court and direct the learned Judge of the trial Court to furnish the copies of the statements and documents translated to Tamil.

2. Regarding the status of the petitioners, they have all been employed in different capacities in the Personnel and Marketing Departments of the