Karnataka government todayappointed former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Justice(retd) Y Bhaskar Rao as the Lokayukta, a post lying vacantsince September 2011.
Rao succeeds Justice (Retd) Shivaraj Patil who resignedfrom the post of Lokayukta in September 2011 following anallegation that he illegally possessed a government sitedespite owning a house in Bangalore.
The post of Lokayukta had been lying vacant since then.
Rao also served as a member of the National Human RightsCommission.
His appointment was opposed by the Advocates Associationof Bangalore (AAB).
AAB President K N Subba Reddy had recently alleged thatRao, from Andhra Pradesh, was not conversant in Kannada andalso that he was involved in several irregularities during histenure as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.
The 75-year-old Bhaskar Rao will be sworn in by GovernorH R Bhardwaj tomorrow.