Bad Days In The Office

For the Karnataka CM. The High Court admonishes him. Again.

The story is this: the Commissioner of Kolar is accused of irregularities and transferred to some other place. Then Chief Minister Dharam Singh's colleague (the Agriculture minister) requests him to transfer the official back to Kolar. So that he could destroy evidence and prejudice people who might give evidence against him - if he wanted to of course. The HC does not like this:

The court said it was satisfied that Mr. Hanumanthappa was transferred for reasons other than public interest. "... the Agriculture Minister ... had no business to request the Chief Minister to transfer him back to Kolar." ... It said the request obviously was motivated by political consideration and the Chief Minister should not have mechanically passed the order. It said the Chief Minister must have gone through the file and found that there were serious charges against Mr. Hanumanthappa. The Chief Minister should have realised that the transfer was not in public interest and the petitioner was not wrong in saying that Mr. Hanumanthappa was being protected by the Government.

And the HC observes:

The Karnataka High Court on Monday observed that every action of the State, the Chief Minister and his colleagues ought to be in public interest and there should be probity in their functioning.

The tip of a huge iceberg is momentarily exposed before the iceberg sinks into the depths.