There has been widespread oppositon against the appointment of Shri.
Sashi Kant Sharma as the CAG (Comptrolller and Auditor General of
India) mainly due to the fact that he was serving as the Defence Secretary
when he was tipped for the top job.Some of the dealings in the defence
Department had attracted sharp criticism from the formere CAG,Shri.
Vinod Rai..Naturally it will be improper to audit the accounts of the
Defence Department by the same person who was the defence Secretary
during the period.
It was humiliation and embarrasment for the UPA government during the
tenure of Shri.Vinod Rai who unearthed a number of scams incurring huge
loss to the government exchequer.
Some eminent persons including Shri.N.Gopalaswami,former Chief Election
Commissioner,the former Chiefs of the Naval Staff,Admiral R.H.Tahiliani and
Admiral L.Ramdas have challenged the appointment of Shri.Sharma as CAG
in the court through a public interest litigation petition.The petition is listed
for July first week along with a similar petition filed by advocate Maohar lal
Sharma.
The petitioners have stated that the appointment was arbitrary and no
system was followed and violative of rule of law.