SC dismisses plea for removal of K Rosaiah as TN Governor

New Delhi, Oct 8: The

today dismissed a PIL seeking its direction for the removal of

as

governor on the ground that a criminal case has been filed against him in

.

A bench headed by justice AK Patnaik refused to entertain the PIL, saying there has been no violation of the Fundamental Rights of the petitioner to file the petition and the criminal case was registered after he was appointed as governor in Aug 31, 2011.

The petition in the apex court was filed by an advocate Mohan Lal. Earlier, Lal had filed a case against the Tamil Nadu governor in an anti-corruption bureau court in Andhra Pradesh alleging that, during his tenure as Chief Minister, Rosaiah had approved denotification of prime government land in favour of some private parties and caused a loss of Rs 200 crore to the state exchequer.

The ACB court had on Jun 18 this year asked Rosaiah to appear before it on Aug 2, but the same was stayed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Jun 30.

PTI