Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has recommended the name of H.S. Bhojya Naik, a professor with Kuvempu University, to be appointed as a member of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC).
Given that a complaint alleging corruption and misappropriation of funds by Prof. Naik, when he was Registrar (Administration and Evaluation), is pending before the Karnataka Lokayukta, the decision has turned controversial.
Mr. Siddaramaiah recommended the names of Basavaraj Malge, Bidar; R. Kavalamma, Bengaluru, and Prof. Naik, Head of the Department of Industrial Chemistry at Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, to be appointed as members of KPSC in three vacant posts on August 16. However, the State Higher Education Department has refused to give him clean chit, sources said.
