The Supreme Court today sought the Centre's response as to whether it has set up a three-member ombudsman to regulate advertisements given by various governments and authorities in pursuance of its decision on the issue. The court's notice came on an application filed by NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government and AIADMK-run Tamil Nadu government for disobeying the apex court guidelines on public advertisements.<br/><br/>A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and NV Ramana sought the Centre's reply within four weeks. It, however, did not issue notice to the two state governments saying that these issues have to be dealt by the three-member panel.<br/>The apex court had, in May, barred publication of photos of leaders in government advertisements except those of the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India.<br/>On the 13th of the same month, the court had directed the central government to constitute a three-member committee consisting persons with unimpeachable neutrality and impartiality to regulate the issue of public advertisements and rejected the plea that it should be done by the court itself.