New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium headed
by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has sought the
services of government's technologically advanced surveying
and mapping agency to verify allegations of land grabbing
against Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran whose
elevation to the apex court has been put on hold.
The decision has been taken to employ Department of
Survey of India (under the Ministry of Science and Technology)
to examine the veracity of the report of Tiruvallur District
Collector which has gone against Dinakaran, highly placed
sources said.
The development came after Dinakaran had met the CJI on
October 25 when he was here to attend the conference of Chief
Justices and denied all allegations.
Sources said the Surveyor-General's office has been
specifically asked to conduct a survey in view of the report
of the District Collector which said Dinakaran had encroached
public land using barbed wire.
The CJI has also sought a response of Tamil Nadu
government on the report of the District Collector.
The CJI had on Sunday said the Centre has been asked to
process only the names of four other judges cleared for
promotion except Dinakaran as the inquiry into allegations
against him was not over.
Sources said "it is still being looked whether there is
an iota of evidence of corruption against Dinakaran based on
the documents supplied to the collegium".
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 00:50