Relief for Kerala CM as CMDRF fund misuse case transferred to three-member Lokayukta bench
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Lokayukta has transferred the case in regards to the alleged misuse of the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) to a three-member full bench, giving some respite to CM Pinarayi Vijayan, who’s a respondent within the case.
The choice to represent a three-member bench was taken after Lokayukta Cyriac Joseph and Upa Lokayukta Harun-ul-Rashid had a distinction of opinion. The date of the structure of the brand new full bench shall be determined later.
The criticism filed by former Kerala University syndicate member R S Sasikumar had alleged that the choice to offer monetary help to the households of the late leaders, NCP’s Uzhavoor Vijayan and former Chengannur MLA Okay Okay Ramachandran Nair, and policeman P Praveen, who died in a street accident whereas escorting former CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, smacked of favouritism and was unilaterally taken by CM.
He had additionally alleged that the matter of helping was not included within the agenda of the cabinet assembly and demanded the ouster of the CM and the ministers involved.
The listening to was held from February 5, 2022, to March 18, 2022. As per the principles, the decision ought to be given inside 30 days from the end result of the listening to. In case of extraordinary circumstances, it may be stretched by one other 15 days. However, the decision was indefinitely delayed following which the petitioner approached the High Court, which directed him to strategy the Lokayukta as an alternative.
As per the Kerala Lokayukta Act of 1999, the decision of the anti-graft ombudsman is legally binding on the federal government. The LDF authorities, in the meantime, had introduced an ordinance tweaking the powers of the Lokayukta to take away a public servant from workplace. However, the ordinance is but to get the assent of Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.
The identical Lokayukta bench had earlier discovered former larger training minister Okay T Jaleel responsible on costs of nepotism and abuse of energy in appointing his relative as basic supervisor of Kerala State Minorities Development Corporation. Following this, Jaleel needed to resign from the cabinet.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Lokayukta has transferred the case in regards to the alleged misuse of the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) to a three-member full bench, giving some respite to CM Pinarayi Vijayan, who’s a respondent within the case.
The choice to represent a three-member bench was taken after Lokayukta Cyriac Joseph and Upa Lokayukta Harun-ul-Rashid had a distinction of opinion. The date of the structure of the brand new full bench shall be determined later.
The criticism filed by former Kerala University syndicate member R S Sasikumar had alleged that the choice to offer monetary help to the households of the late leaders, NCP’s Uzhavoor Vijayan and former Chengannur MLA Okay Okay Ramachandran Nair, and policeman P Praveen, who died in a street accident whereas escorting former CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, smacked of favouritism and was unilaterally taken by CM. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
He had additionally alleged that the matter of helping was not included within the agenda of the cabinet assembly and demanded the ouster of the CM and the ministers involved.
The listening to was held from February 5, 2022, to March 18, 2022. As per the principles, the decision ought to be given inside 30 days from the end result of the listening to. In case of extraordinary circumstances, it may be stretched by one other 15 days. However, the decision was indefinitely delayed following which the petitioner approached the High Court, which directed him to strategy the Lokayukta as an alternative.
As per the Kerala Lokayukta Act of 1999, the decision of the anti-graft ombudsman is legally binding on the federal government. The LDF authorities, in the meantime, had introduced an ordinance tweaking the powers of the Lokayukta to take away a public servant from workplace. However, the ordinance is but to get the assent of Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.
The identical Lokayukta bench had earlier discovered former larger training minister Okay T Jaleel responsible on costs of nepotism and abuse of energy in appointing his relative as basic supervisor of Kerala State Minorities Development Corporation. Following this, Jaleel needed to resign from the cabinet.
