Karnataka Upalokayukta B Veerappa on Monday, said corruption was more dangerous than cancer and cautioned officials that people might revolt against the system if it continued unabated. Government officials get handsome salaries and there was no need to indulge in corruption, he said in his introductory remarks during the two-day public grievances hearing programme organised at the Netravathi Auditorium on …
Expressing concern over contamination of groundwater owing to seepage of leachate at the Pachchnady landfill site, Upalokayukta B. Veerappa on Sunday directed Mangaluru City Corporation to conduct a study on health hazards in areas around the landfill site. No study has so far been made anywhere in the State on the impact of seepage of leachate in the areas surrounding …
The Karnataka High Court has held that the State Government possesses the power to entrust the handling of a disciplinary enquiry in respect of an employee of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta under Rule 14-A of the CCA Rule. It was said “Rule 14-A of the CCA Rules provides for entrusting the enquiry in …
Patil, who was Upalokayukta since 2019 and in-charge of Karnataka Lokayukta since P. Vishwanath Shetty retired in January 2022, was sworn-in as Lokayukta on Wednesday. He said he intends to make the Karnataka Lokayukta proactive in addressing maladministration and public grievances in a more systematic way. Karnataka Lokayukta’s reports recommending action against bureaucrats have always suffered with long delay in …
