The petition against R Bindu alleged that he had misused his position as a minister.
Thiruvananthapuram:
In a relief to the Left government in Kerala, the Lokayukta on Friday dismissed a petition filed by senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala against state education minister R Bindu, alleging that he appointed Gopinath Raveendran as Kannur’s vice chancellor. abused his position as minister in his reappointment as University.
In an order, Lokayukta Justice Syriac Joseph and Deputy Lokayukta Harun-ul-Rashid said that although it was alleged that the minister was guilty of “partisanship, nepotism and lack of integrity”, there was no need to substantiate the allegation. There was no material for
It also said that there is no allegation that he was implicated in the discharge of his functions as a minister for personal interest or for unfair or corrupt purposes.
Stating that the complainant has pointed out the “extraordinary speed” with which things proceeded on a single day on November 23 to facilitate reappointment, the order said that it appeared that the knowledge came late and then Time was running out and extraordinary speed was needed.
With the help of the Chancellor, reappointments were made as per the wishes of the government. But there has been no misuse of his position as minister, the order said.
“In the light of the above discussion, we hold that there is no legal or factual basis for the allegations leveled against the third respondent (R Bindu) and their investigation by this Court under Section 9 of the Kerala Lokayukta Act is not warranted. 15. Therefore, the complaint is dismissed,” the order said.
The opposition Congress-UDF has been demanding the minister’s resignation for some time in the wake of allegations over the re-appointment of Kannur VC.
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