Thiruvananthapuram: UDF delegation led by opposition leader VD Satheesan met Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Thursday and asked him not to give his approval to the regulations that recommended Kerala Lok Ayukta, 1999.
He also asked Khan to continue the procedure for the President because the initial action was passed After taking the President’s approval.
In his request to Khan, the delegation said that the government’s justification, quoted HC’s assessment to change the action, reckless, driven politically and against the law set in the country.
Opposition said the government misinterpreted the assessment at Sudha Devi versus Koland Cooperative, 2016 and Kerala State Cooperative Versus Kerala Lok Ayukta, 2016, cases to come with amendments.
“At Perusal from this court decision, it is clear that the scope of section 12 (1) of Lok Ayankta Act, 1999 rather than part 14, experienced judicial supervision in these cases.
The court properly showed that Lok Ayukta was right only the jurisdiction of recommendations according to the part 12 (1), exactly what is mentioned in the law, “said the representative made by the UDF delegation.
Furthermore, said that the question here is the amendment part 14, and in a 22-year history of Lok Ayukta acting in the state, only one decision said by Lok Ayukta, who submitted this section who opposed the former Minister of KT Jalael, when Lok Ayukta found him guilty of Nepotism and office abuse to get help for relatives.
The High Court and the Supreme Court have spilled Lok Ayukta’s decision, indicating that part 14 in accordance with the constitution, he said.
The delegation told Khan that cases against the Minister of Higher Education R Bindu and the minister’s chairman was waiting before Lok Ayukta under Section 14 of the Act.
It added that the argument submitted by the government to justify the amendment that section 14 violated Article 164 of the Constitution which discussed the appointment of the main minister and minister and how they held the position of governor’s pleasure, also incorrectly many times, the judicial had ordered civil servants to empty the position They are in the warranty quo and other petitions.
Will absurd for the government to argue that the APEX court, the High Court or Law passed by the legislature cannot force public servants, which was found to have committed a great violation, to empty their posts, he said.
The amendment proposed in Part 14 gives the Governor, CM or the Government – in their capacity as a competent authority – to reject or accept Lok Ayukta’s decision after hearing both parties.
The UDF delegation stated that the executive served as an appeal authority for decisions spoken by a strange judicial or judicial forum.
It states that with the assembly session scheduled to begin next month, there seems to be no strong reason to change the law, which exists for more than 22 years.
“The only direct reason that can be felt is that Lok Ayukta will take cases against CM in misuse of assistance funds and the minister of higher education in the university issue,” he said.
Sathean then told the media that Khan assured that he would make a decision only after considering all the satisfaction and legal points raised by the opposition.
Kerala: UDF Meets Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Lok Ayankta Act Amendment
