ORDER :

Jagdish Prasad Gupta, J.

1. This petition under section 482 of the Cr.P.C. has been preferred for quashment of the order dated 23/12/2017 passed by the Special Judge under Prevention of Corruption Act, Jabalpur whereby reports in terms of closure report filed by the respondent in connection with Crime No. 96/2011 under sections 13(1)(e), 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter refer as PC Act) was rejected and the respondent was directed to submit the material before the sanctioning authority to grant sanction for prosecution of the applicant.

2. In brief, the facts of the case are that on the basis of secret enquiry, it was found that during the check period from 04/04/1988 to 29/08/2011, the applicant who was working as Assistant Engineer, Municipal Corporation, Jabalpur amassed assets disproportionate to his known source of income. Therefore on 30/08/2011 the FIR of Crime No. 96/2011 under sections 13(1)(e), 13(2) of the PC Act was registered and investigation was conducted and the respondent raided 6 places relating to the applicant on the basis