'Report on babus just a scandal sheet'

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, April 22: The Advocate-General, Mr C V Mohan Reddy, on Tuesday argued before a division bench of the AP High Court that the report of the former vigilance commissioner, Mr Ramachandra Samal,on corrupt government servants was not report but only a scandal sheet.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice AR Dave and Justice R SubhashReddy heard the arguments on a public interest litigation filed by Telugu Desam leader PNV Prasad seeking a direction that the government should implement the Samal's report.
The AG told the court that the petitioner was an active leader of the main opposition party and the petitionwas filed to gain political benefit out of it. He further said there was no public interest involved in the petition.Mr Mohan Reddy said Mr Samal did not submit his observations he was in the post of vigilance commissioner for a period of three years but a day before of his retirement he sent a report to the government.
He argued that the there was no need for a disciplinary authority to blindly accept any recommendation made by the Vigilance Commission. He said Mr Samal himself admitted in his report that 84 per cent of the recommendations are accepted by the government.
Only in the case of 14 percent the government differed with the commission.
Mr S Ramachandra Rao, senior counsel for the petitioner, argued that MrSamal was appointed in theregime of present government and the officer submitted a report of government servants including a dozen All India Service officers.
The petitioner has said nothing on his own and he purely depended on the facts reflected in the report.After hearing the arguments the court reserved its orders on the petition.