Bangalore: Former chief justice of Karnataka High Court Y Bhaskar Rao will on Thursday take over as the state's Lokayukta (ombudsman), filling up the post lying vacant for over 17 months.
Governor HR Bhardwaj will administer the oath of office to Mr Rao at Raj Bhavan, an official release said.
Mr Rao, 75, succeeds former Supreme Court judge Shivaraj V Patil, who quit as Lokayutka in September 2011, about a month after taking over, following a row over owning two housing plots in Bangalore allegedly in violation of law.
The Bharatiya Janata Party government, headed by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, has gone ahead with Mr Rao's appointment rejecting opposition to it by the Advocates Association of Bangalore (AAB).
Governor HR Bhardwaj will administer the oath of office to Mr Rao at Raj Bhavan, an official release said.
Mr Rao, 75, succeeds former Supreme Court judge Shivaraj V Patil, who quit as Lokayutka in September 2011, about a month after taking over, following a row over owning two housing plots in Bangalore allegedly in violation of law.
The Bharatiya Janata Party government, headed by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, has gone ahead with Mr Rao's appointment rejecting opposition to it by the Advocates Association of Bangalore (AAB).
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