KOCHI: Complaining of 'untold harassment' and 'mental agony' in the 1992 Palmolein case in which he is an accused, IAS officer Jiji Thomson today approached the High Court, seeking to quash a vigilance court order directing investigation into Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's role in it.Chandy was Finance Minister in the K Karunakaran government in 1992 when the import deal was inked.Thomson, Director General of Commonwealth Games and a former civil supplies Managing Director, is the fifth accused in the case.On Aug 8, Special Vigilance Judge P K Haneefa had directed investigation against Chandy after rejecting the investigators report in June that there was no ground for any further probe.Thomson contended that the Thiruvananthapuram Special Court judge has no power to order further investigation suo motu.He expressed apprehensions that if the process is accepted, investigation would be an 'endless process'.Thomson said he remained in the same post only due to prolonged pendency of the case while all other similarly placed officials have been promoted. He has not been given a posting as Additional secretary or equivalent.He said the court ought to have appreciated that the alleged offence was committed 19 years ago and he has undergone 'untold' mental harrassment and agony due to the 'false case'.Former Central Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas had lost his position as he figured as an accused in the long pending case in his capacity as then food secretary.
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