Bangalore, Jan 19: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today said the state government would initiate the process of selecting a new Lokayukta before the presentation of State Budget for 2013-14.
“As per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court, the government will appoint the new Lokayukta,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar organised by the Indian Institute of Public Administration.
Lokayukta's post has been vacant since the resignation of Shivraj V Patil on September 19, 2011 over his alleged involvement in a land scam.
