C-482 No. 275 of 2005 Hon. Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. B.S. Negi, Advocate present for the petitioners. Mr. B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder for the State present for respondents. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Brief Holder for respondents. By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has sought quashing of the charge sheet and summoning order, passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chamoli at Gopeshwar, in criminal case No. 07 of 2005; State Vs. Balwant Singh Rawat, relating to offences punishable under Section 420 of I.P.C., and one punishable under Section 7 / 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, police station Gopeshwar, District Chamoli. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that vide Notification No. 516/XX(1)/391/Police/2008 Dehradun dated 5th of May 2008, the Home Department of Government of Uttarakhand has empowered Special Judge (Sessions Judge, Dehradun) as the competent court to try the case under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It is further pleaded that said court has jurisdiction in respect of Districts of Garhwal Division, including the District Chamoli. Clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, provides that ‘no court shall stay the proceeding under this Act on any other ground or no court shall exercise the powers of revision in relation to any interlocutory order passed in an inquiry, trial, appeal or other proceedings.’ Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties, and after going through the relevant provisions of law and the Notification, this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is disposed of with the observation that the criminal case, pending against the petitioner, since pertains to the trial in respect of offence punishable under Section 7 / 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, shall be transferred to the competent court notified by the State Government. The said competent court shall proceed further with the trial. Interim order dated 25.05.2005, passed by this Court, stands vacated. (P.C. P., J.) 22.02.2010 HN