PANJIM: The file pertaining to the complaint of professional misconduct by Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak has now been sent to Chief Minister Digambar Kamat. Under Secretary Law Mr. N.P. Signapurkar has informed Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information act that the complaint against Advocate General Subodh Kantak which was received from the Bombay High Court on 29th October last year has been now processed and sent to the Chief Minister.
The Bombay High Court had on 29th October last year forwarded to the Chief Secretary of Goa the complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues regarding the professional misconduct by Advocate General Subodh Kantak for having appeared before the High Court for a private party in a case against the Goa Government.
Adv. Rodrigues in his complaint stated that Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak had in rank conflict of interest appeared for a private contractor in a matter before the Bombay High Court at Goa where the State of Goa was also a party.
Adv. Rodrigues stated that in Writ petition 365/2010 before the High Court filed by Mr. Govind Nagvenkar where the State of Goa was also a party, that Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak had appeared for one of the private contractor Primeslots Events Private Ltd.
Adv. Rodrigues stated that Mr. Subodh Kantak instead of upholding the dignity and decorum of the high constitutional post of Advocate General had tarnished the image and sanctity of the Advocate General’s post by not maintaining high standards of professional ethics.
Meanwhile Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today stated that though Chief Minister Digambar Kamat had assured the people of Goa that all files would be cleared in a week’s time, yet no action has been taken for over eight months on this complaint received from the Bombay High Court against Advocate General Subodh Kantak.
Adv. Rodrigues has alleged in an attempt to shield Advocate General Subodh Kantak the file over the last eight months had just unnecessarily and intentionally been shuttling between the offices of Chief Minister, Chief Secretary, Law Secretary and Special Secretary Home.
Adv. Rodrigues has demanded that now that the file has been processed and sent to the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, action has to be taken against India’s highest paid Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak who has been paid over Rs five crores over the last five years and has proved to be an unnecessary financial liability to the State exchequer.
In fact his balls are in the CM's court
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