The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL challenging appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, CAG.A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir asked the petitioners, including former Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami and former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral (retd) R H Tahiliani, to approach the high court which is it said, equally equipped to deal with the matter.The petition sought setting aside of Sharma’s appointment contending that it was made arbitrarily and without any system for selection and without any transparency.The nine petitioners also sought a direction to the Centre to frame a transparent selection procedure and constitute a broad-based non-partisan selection committee, which after calling for applications and nominations would recommend the most suitable person for appointment as CAG.
