After SC stinger, CVC Thomas may quit - Sources

Central Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas may quit the post in the wake of stinging observations from the Supreme Court on his capacity to supervise the CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam.

Appointed barely less than three months ago, Thomas, whose name still figures in the chargesheet relating to the import of palmolein when he was serving in the Kerala government, is believed to have conveyed his decision to government, sources said.
The decision was taken mutually, the sources said adding it was now now up to Thomas to put in his papers to the President, who is the appointing authority.
60-year-old Thomas, who was Telecom Secretary till recently, was appointed to the CVC's post by a three-member panel headed by Prime Minister but not before the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, gave a dissenting note.