N. SESHASAYEE, J.

1.1 These revision petitions are preferred challenging separate Orders passed by the Special Court for Prevention of Corruption Act (Chief Judicial Magistrate Court), Cuddalore, in Crl.M.P.No.622 of 2021 in Special C.C.No.4 of 2020. They were taken out by A3 and A2 under Sec.239 Cr.P.C.

1.2 The revision petitioners in Crl.R.C.1049 of 2024 and 1268 of 20024 respectively are the Executive Engineer of Trichy Town Panchayat and the Assistant Executive Engineer in Cuddalore Town Panchayat. The rest of the facts are:

 In 2016-2017, Thittagudi Town Panchayat, a local body in Cuddalore District had undertaken a project for laying road in Thittagudi Panchayat, where both these petitioners were entrusted with the responsibility of supervising the work.

 While so, a whistle blower preferred a complaint to the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Cell alleging that the road in question ws laid with sub- standand materials. The V & AC cell in turn forwarded the complaint to the Ombudsman, constituted under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Local Bodies Ombudsman Act, 2014. So far as the Executive Officer of the local body is concerned, the Ombudsman has found no material to proce