Chief Vigilance Commissioner P. J. Thomas, against whom the Supreme Court made observations on Tuesday, has offered to recuse himself from supervising the CBI probe in the 2G Spectrum scam, the Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court.
“In accordance with the highest tradition, Thomas has offered to recuse himself from the matter,” Solicitor General Gopal Subramanuium told a bench comprising justices G. S. Singhvi and A. K. Ganguly.
The court had raised questions that Mr. Thomas was the Telecom Secretary at the relevant time.
60-year-old Thomas, who was Telecom Secretary till recently, was appointed to the CVC’s post by a three-member panel headed by the Prime Minister. Mr. Thomas’ name figures in the chargesheet relating to the import of palmolein when he was serving the Kerala government.
