Gujarat high court has issued notices to retired high court judge R. A. Mehta and registrar general of high court and the principal private secretary to the Chief Justice over the appointment of Lokayukta in the state.

Hearing the petition over the appointment of Lokayukta by the Governor, high court asked reply from all respondents about to clear their stand on the issue by 21st September. The next hearing in this case was fixed on 21st September.

AIR Ahmedabad Correspondent reports that Governor Dr Shrimati Kamla had appointed Justice Mehta as lokayukta on 25th August, which the state government had challenged in the high court. State Government had amended its petition recently and removed the Governor's name as one of the respondents on instruction of High Court.

It had made justice Mehta as first respondent, while the high court decided to make the registrar general and the personal secretary to the chief justice as the other two respondents.