The prayers in this Writ Petition (Criminal) filed under

Article 226 of the Constitution of India are as follows:-

“(i)

A wit of mandamus or appropriate writ order or

direction directing the 2^nd respondent to conduct

investigation by registering FIR or conduct preliminary

enquiry, upon the allegations contained in Ext.P2

complaint preferred by the petitioner within a time

frame to be prescribed by this Hon’ble Court.

(ii)

To issue such other reliefs that this Hon’ble Court

may deem fit and proper considering the nature and

circumstances of this case.

(iii)

To dispense with the filing of English translation of

the vernacular documents produced along with the Writ

Petition.

2.

The petitioner is engaged in hotel business and he is

a live dealer for the purpose of KGST Act and Rules.

3.

The crux of the averments in the Writ Petition relates

to demand of bribe by one Sri.Sabu Kumar, former Deputy

Commissioner of State Goods and Services Tax Department,

Special Circle, Thiruvananthapuram. The relevant averments in

the Writ Petition are extracted below:

“2.

For the assessment year 2015-16 and 2016-17,

for Hotel Lake Palace, the petitioner was assessed with

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gross profit at t