A.D. Jagadish Chandira, J.

The petitioner is a Member of Parliament and the Organising Secretary of the DMK Party seeking directions to the first respondent to register the case and investigate the complaint dated 13.06.2018.

2. The averments in the petition is that Thiru.Edappadi K.Palanisamy is presently the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and that he holds the portfolios of Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home, Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Programme Works and Highways and Minor Ports. The further averment is that the State Highways Department, is implementing four lane road in Oddanchatram-Dharapuram-Avinashipalayam of State Highway-37 from 37-400 to 108-400 and that the project is implemented under Design, Build, Finance, Operate, Maintain and Transfer (DBFOMT) method and that the total stretch of the project is 70.20 Kms and that the original estimated project cost was Rs. 713.34 Crores. Whereas subsequently, the cost of the projec