The Supreme Court today rejected a plea challenging the appointment of senior Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana to the post of CBI special director.<br/><br/>The court said it cannot question a "unanimous" decision taken by the selection committee and the decision is not illegal. <br/><br/>A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre said once there is consultation, the content of that consultation is beyond the scope of judicial review, though the lack of effective consultation could fall within the scope of judicial review.' <br/><br/>Refuting the averments made by petitioner NGO Common Cause that an FIR was lodged on a firm which has association with Asthana, the bench said that even in the FIR, the name of Rakesh Asthana has not been mentioned.<br/><br/>The NGO in its petition had challenged Asthana's appointment, saying it was illegal as his name had surfaced in a diary recovered during a raid conducted by the Income Tax department at the offices and other premises of company Sterling Biotech Ltd.