The Supreme Court today sought from the Centre evidence on alleged irregularities committed by former Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli in running the public broadcaster on the basis of which he was suspended last December. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the government to file a statement of facts relating to Lalli's suspension within four weeks. The bench also asked the former public broadcaster chief to respond to it within next three weeks.The bench passed the order on a Presidential reference to sack Lalli, a 1971-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Lalli urged the court to expeditiously hear the reference in view of his retirement in December this year.President Pratibha Patil had ordered Lalli's suspension in December last year.The allegations against him included the controversial decision to give a contract for broadcast of the Commonwealth Games to a UK-based firm SIS Live.