Supreme Court to See the Matter of Information Commissioner Case

6 May 2013
Thiruvananthapuram

Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan will watch closely proceedings in the Supreme Court, as it considers Monday a “special reference” from the Kerala governor on the dismissal of a top state official.Kerala Information Commissioner K. Natarajan has already been suspended and the state government has decided to also dismiss him. However, the Supreme Court permission is necessary for the dismissal to take effect.

Natarajan faced action by then Kerala Governor H.R. Bhardwaj last November, after television channels aired a mobile phone conversation that reportedly took place between him and Vigilance Deputy Superintendent of Police V.G. Kunjan, two months earlier. In the conversation, the information commissioner is heard trying to persuade Kunjan to see that Achuthanandan is not included in the list of accused in a land scam case.

In June 2011, the Congress-led Oommen Chandy government ordered a probe after examining all files related to the land transfer to T.K. Soman, a relative of Achuthanandan.Besides Achuthanandan, who is named prime accused in the case, former revenue minister and CPI leader K.P. Rajendran is also accused.

Source – http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=172719

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