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 Bangalore, Feb 13 (IANS) : Former chief justice of Karnataka High Court Y. Bhaskar Rao will Thursday take over as the state's Lokayukta (ombudsman), filling up the post lying vacant for over 17 months.
Governor H.R. Bhardwaj will administer the oath of office to Rao at Raj Bhavan, an official release said. Rao, 75, succeeds former Supreme Court judge Shivaraj V. Patil, who quit as Lokayutka in September 2011, about a month after taking over, following a row over owning two housing plots in Bangalore allegedly in violation of law.
Rao, who hails from Andhra Pradesh, was chief justice of the Karnataka High Court between March 1999 and June 2000. The Bharatiya Janata Party government, headed by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, has gone ahead with Rao's appointment rejecting opposition to it by the Advocates Association of Bangalore (AAB).
AAB president K.N. Subba Reddy said last week that when Rao's name was being considered by the government, Rao did not know Kannada language and there were allegations of irregularities when he was chief justice.
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As such they have appointed "THEIR" person to that post, who will be there, to serve them even when another party govt. comes to power!!!
They have to try everything to save their skin!!!!
Already allegations from none other than the AAB, which indicates, something is not alright at this appointment.
It is a sorry affair to note, after Mr. Hegde, Government cannot find a clean\suitable candidate to be the Lokayukta!!!