The Lokayukta, the Human Rights Commission, the State Information Commission and the Police Complaints Authority are all bodies constituted by law and each one of them has a purpose besides a clear mandate by law. These very independent authorities are constituted by law to deliver justice for the citizen and bring to book the wrong doers.
Huge public funds are spent in running these bodies for the benefit of the common man so it is expected that the government of the day should give due respect to the reports and recommendations of these vital institutions.
It would be absolutely fallacious on the part of any ruling government to say that the orders of these institutions are merely recommendatory. If that be the case all that money poured down the drain by the government on these bodies would display no respect whatsoever to the orders and directions passed by these bodies.
It should come as no surprise if the government one day says that orders of even the High Court and Supreme Court are also just advisory.
It is no secret that over the last few years the BJP in Goa has allegedly circumvented directions passed by the HC, NGT and even the SC.
The government has a duty to respect the law and the orders passed by institutions created by law and the Constitution in the best interests of those they were elected to serve. Government must realise that they are not above the law or the Constitution that is based on the Rule of Law.
