A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw said that the statutory provisions make it mandatory on the part of the state to ensure that the post is filled up without any delay.
‘We request the LG to initiate the process of filling up of the vacancy in the office of the lokayukta,’ said the bench while passing an order on a PIL filed by a lawyer Kamran Siddiqui seeking appointment of lokayukta. ‘The office of the lokayukta is very significant for the people of the state, as it provides for a mechanism through which the people of the state can get their grievances heard and redressed’, the bench said.
The prevalent scenario has resulted in a situation where there is a legislative assembly and its members, but the lokayukta being non-functional or having ceased to exist — such a situation cannot be permitted, at least by this court, to prevail for long, Justice Endlaw said in the judgment.
It took into note that the vacancy has to be filled up ‘as soon as possible but not later than six months from the date of occurrence of such vacancy.
‘We request the LG to initiate the process of filling up of the vacancy in the office of the lokayukta,’ said the bench while passing an order on a PIL filed by a lawyer Kamran Siddiqui seeking appointment of lokayukta. ‘The office of the lokayukta is very significant for the people of the state, as it provides for a mechanism through which the people of the state can get their grievances heard and redressed’, the bench said.
The prevalent scenario has resulted in a situation where there is a legislative assembly and its members, but the lokayukta being non-functional or having ceased to exist — such a situation cannot be permitted, at least by this court, to prevail for long, Justice Endlaw said in the judgment.
It took into note that the vacancy has to be filled up ‘as soon as possible but not later than six months from the date of occurrence of such vacancy.