7. Learned counsel would further submit that, pursuant to the sanction accorded under G.O.Ms.No.200, the competent Criminal Court took cognizance of the offences, and the criminal case is presently pending trial in C.C.No.15 of 2014 on the file of the learned Special Judge for ACB Cases, Visakhapatnam. It is submitted that, pursuant to the representations made by petitioner, Government reconsidered the matter on the basis of the report submitted by the Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau (DG, ACB), dated 19.05.2023. The DG, ACB, upon consideration of the entire material available on record, found that certain relevant materials, including income-tax returns, documentary evidence and decretal orders passed by the competent Courts, had not been taken into consideration while computing the assets, income and expenditure. It was also found that certain assets standing in the names of the kith and kin of the accused officer had been included in the computation without following the Government guidelines issued in that regard. Upon a proper consideration and re-computation of the assets, income and expenditure, the DG, ACB arrived at the conclusion that the value of the alleged disproportionate assets did not exceed 20% of the total income of the accused officer. Consequently, the DG, ACB recommended withdrawal of the prosecution sanction earlier accorded under G.O.Ms.No.200. Pursuant to the said recommendation, the Government issued G.O.Ms.No.63, dated 16.05.2024, withdrawing the sanction for prosecution earlier accorded under G.O.Ms.No.200. However, subsequently, the Director General, ACB, vide proceedings dated 12.08.2024, placed certain material before the
