Sources said till now the practice is that Lok Ayukta only submitted reports to the government. It was the government which had referred the mining issue for a probe by Lok Ayukta.
Karnataka Lok Ayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde is not submitting his report on the mining scam to Governor HR Bhardwaj as it was the government which referred the case to him, and not the latter, sources in the Lok Ayukta said today.
The sources said till now the practice is that Lok Ayukta only submitted reports to the government. It was the government which had referred the mining issue for a probe by Lok Ayukta.
"It's not referred by the governor," the sources pointed out.
The governor said yesterday "...And if as a competent authority (the governor), if he (the Lok Ayukta) sends the report to me, then I will deal with it according to the Lok Ayukta Act (section 12 and 13)".
"I will give my serious thought to whatever he (Lok Ayukta) recommends and you will know my action the moment I get the report", Bhardwaj had said.
Lok Ayukta sources stressed that since the probe was referred by the government and not the governor, the Lok Ayukta is not bound to submit the report to the governor.
Sources also said that given the uneasy relationship between Bhardwaj and Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who have been often at loggerheads, Lok Ayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde does not want to land in a controversy, by deviating from norms, and being accused of being biased.
But Lok Ayukta sources said the governor can call for a copy of the report and make recommendations to the government on what it needs to do in his advisory capacity.
In his finding,Lokayukta has indicted Yeddyurappa and four other ministers on illegal mining, which the anti-corruption watchdog says caused a loss of Rs1,800 crore to the state exchequer in 14 months from March 2009.
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