( 1 ) ON 10th March, 1990, in the Hussain Sagar Lake of Hyderabad City a tragic event occurred. The bigest statute of Lord Buddha was to be erected on that day in the centre of the lake on a high platform specially constructed and named the Rock of Gibralter. When the statute was put on a barge for bieng taken to the Rock of Gibralter, the statute sank resulting in considerable damage: some lives also were lost. In connection with that incident; the Government of Andhra Pradesh, by G. O. R"t. No. l049, General Administration Department, dt. 13-3-90 appointed Shri Justice P. A. Chowdary, a retired judge of this court, as Commission of Inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952. The terms of reference of the Commission, as notified in the Government Order, are as follows:-" (I) to find out circumstances leading to the accident resulting in sinking of the Buddha Statute and other equipment and also loss of life in the Hussain Sagar Lake at Hyderabad on 10th March, 1990: (II) to identify the person or persons, if any responsible for the above incidents, (III) to point out lapses on the part of any officer or authority or persons if any in connection with the above