ORDER :

1. The petitioner is before this Court calling in question a Government Order dated 09-09-2014 entrusting the inquiry to the 3rd respondent/Lokayukta; order dated 05-05-2022 passed by the 2nd respondent according sanction for his prosecution and has sought for consequential benefits.

2. Heard Sri Nitin Ramesh, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Sri A.T. Kattimani, learned Government Advocate appearing for respondents 1 and 2 and Sri Anil Kale, learned Special Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No. 3.

3. Facts, in brief, are as follows:

The petitioner is appointed as an Agriculture Officer in the services of the State Government with effect from 26-10-2002 and posted as Agriculture Officer at Gadag District. When the petitioner continued to work as Agriculture Officer and later as Assistant Director of Agriculture, Gadag certain complaints arose with regard to several lapses in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’ for short) and a Scheme notified there under. The complaints aro