bengaluru the karnataka high court on tuesday ordered notice to the state government in a public interest litigation pil challenging the appointment of haveri mla nehru olekar as chairman of the karnataka state commission for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes on november 27 2020a division bench headed by chief justice abhay shreeniwas oka posted the matter to february 16 2021 for further consideration while asking the state government to file its objectionskc rajanna a social activist from kolar filed the petition claiming the appointment is purely based on political considerations and eligibility mandated under the law was not at all considered including antecedents of appointeethe petitioner added that as per documents accessed by him from the election commission there are several criminal cases pending against olekar and some relate to serious offenceshe contended that the haveri mla doesnt possess special knowledge relating to scst matters and no documents have been submitted in this regard to fulfil this legal requirement