Hit by housing row, Karnataka Lokayukta quits

September 19th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS  

Bangalore, Sep 19 (IANS) Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) Shivaraj Virupanna Patil Monday resigned following a controversy that he and his wife owned two housing sites in violation of the rules.

Patil submitted his resignation to Governor H. R. Bhardwaj, ending his five-year tenure just about a month and-a-half after taking over from N. Santosh Hegde.

A retired judge of the Supreme Court, Patil took over as Loakyukta on Aug 3.

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