The Karnataka High Court sought the state's response on transferring the probe into alleged irregularities in KPSC's recruitment of 400 Veterinary Officers to the CBI. The court observed that, if proven, the allegations indicate a systematic assault on merit-based public employment
Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot suspended KPSC Chairman Shivshankrappa S. Sahukar over allegations of facilitating his daughters' appointments as Industrial Extension Officers and recommended a Supreme Court inquiry under Article 317(1), pending further orders from the President