In a startling revelation, Lok Pal chairman Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose has said most of the cases filed in the Lok Pal were disposed of as they were not coming under its purview or the jurisdiction.
Over 1,100 cases have been received before the one-year old Lok Pal and the members sat, discussed and found that the most of the cases were not coming under its jurisdiction or act and disposed of, Ghose told reporters.
However, the people who had filed the cases were told to process their cases in the particular committee or institutions to get their allegations resolved for their own benefit, he said.
“Any other allegation and grievances, we will arrange to take them up and there is no difficulty…,” he said. Stating that the Lok Pal would function from a new office from January-end or the first week of February, Ghose said, “We are in a position to start our work.”
To a question whether Lok Pal can take up on its own cases such as the one in which a Congress MLA from Puducherry charged his own party-ruled government with corruption, Ghose said the matter has not been formulated yet and as and when the matter comes they would decide.
He said that an awareness should be created on Lok Pal by the people, particularly the media. The purpose of Lok Pal should be served and everyone should understand what it is. For, even charges against the Prime Minister can be probed by Lok Pal.