LOKPAL TO WORK FROM DELHI'S 5-STAR LUXURY HOTEL
"Corruption can’t be rooted out in
one big sweep. rather, fighting it is a step-by-step, project-by-project
process"
Lokpal to work
from Delhi's 5-star luxury hotel
"The office of Lokpal will work
from 'The Ashok' hotel in Chanakyapuri here," the officials said, adding
that it would act as its temporary office.
NEW DELHI: The
country's first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, will work from a
five-star luxury hotel in Delhi, officials said Monday. The Lokpal chairperson,
all of its eight members and support staff are being allocated space in the
hotel premises, they said.
"The office of Lokpal will work from 'The
Ashok' hotel in Chanakyapuri here," the officials said, adding that it
would act as its temporary office.
President Ram Nath Kovind had on March 23
administered the oath of office to Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose as the
chairperson of Lokpal.
The Lokpal's eight members were administered the
oath by Justice Ghose on March 27.
Former chief justices of different high courts,
Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Abhilasha Kumari and Ajay Kumar
Tripathi, took oath as judicial members of the Lokpal.
Former first woman chief of Sashastra Seema Bal
(SSB) Archana Ramasundaram, ex-Maharashtra chief secretary Dinesh Kumar Jain,
former IRS officer Mahender Singh and Gujarat cadre ex-IAS officer Indrajeet
Prasad Gautam were sworn-in as the Lokpal's non-judicial members.
According to the rules, there is provision for a
chairperson and a maximum of eight members in the Lokpal panel. Of these, four
need to be judicial members.
A high-level selection committee led by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi had recommended the appointments of the chairperson and
members of the Lokpal.
Justice Ghose, 66, retired as the Supreme Court
judge in May 2017. He had last served as member of the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC).
The Lokpal Act, which envisages appointment of a
Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states to look into cases of corruption
against certain categories of public servants, was passed in 2013.
Not less than 50 per cent of the members of the
Lokpal panel shall be from among the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, minorities and women, according to
the rules.
Upon selection, the chairperson and members shall
hold office for a term of five years or till they attain 70 years of age.
The Lokpal selection committee is headed by the
prime minister and has as its members -- Lok Sabha speaker, leader of the
opposition in the lower house, chief justice of India or a judge of the apex
court nominated by him, and an eminent jurist nominated by the president or any
other member.
Kovind had nominated former attorney general of
India Mukul Rohatgi as "eminent jurist" as the member of the panel
against the vacancy arising following the death of senior advocate P P
Rao.
MANISHANKAR
CEO-ANTI-CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT®-CHENNAI
Email: anticorruption.org2007@gmail.com.
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