This revision petition is filed challenging the order of dismissal of the discharge petition filed by the petitioner under Section 239 Cr.P.C. in Crl.M.P.No.67 of 2014 in C.C.No.30 of 2013, dated 27.03.2016 on the file of the Special Court for the cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chennai.

2. The petitioner herein is the sole accused in C.C.No.30 of 2013. It is the case of the prosecution that he is a public servant within the meaning of Section 2(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (for short, "the P.C. Act"). He joined in Government service as Surveyor on 07.01.1980 and thereafter, was promoted as Planning Assistant and posted in the office of the Regional Deputy Director, DTCP, Coimbatore; later he was transferred to the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP), Chennai on 18.08.2005; as on 01.01.2001, he was working as Draughtsman Grade-III in Coimbatore; between 23.01.2004 and 06.07.2004, he was working as Supervisor/Draughtsman Grade-II in Chennai; between 17.07.2004 and 17.08.2005, he was working in Coimbatore and between 18.08.2005 and 22.02.2008, he was working as Architectural/Planning Assistant in the Office of the DTCP, Chennai. At the end of