1. The pertinent question that arises for my consideration in this writ petition is whether the petitioner, who is the wife of P.K.Salahuddin, accused in FIR No. 1048 of 2001 dated 13.6.2001 on the file of the R4-Pondy Bazaar Police Station, T.Nagar, Chennai, viz., the first respondent herein can invoke Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to seek a direction to transfer the investigation of the crimes in FIR No.1048 of 2001, dated 13.6.2001 on the file of the R4-Pondy Bazaar Police Station, T.Nagar, Chennai, viz., the first respondent herein, against the petitioner's husband and his twin brother, and FIR No.816 of 2001 dated 28.6.2001 on the file of the E4, Abhiramapuram Police Station, Chennai, viz., fourth respondent herein, against the twin brother of petitioner's husband, from the State Police, viz. Inspector of Police, Pondy Bazaar Police Station and Inspector of Police, Abhiramapuram Police Station, Chennai, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (hereinafter referred to as the 'CBI’), viz., the eighth respondent herein, or any other agency independent of the control of the sixth respondent, viz. the former Chief Minister and the leader of the ruling party in