new delhi the failure of the prime ministers office in overseeing the affairs of the telecom ministry under a raja is likely to come in for critical mention in a report of the public accounts committee a draft of which is to be circulated to committee members on tuesdaypanel chairman m m joshi is going ahead with the report despite the opposition of congress and dmk mps to its finalization before the end of the current committees term on april 30 the committees conclusions are expected to point out pmos lack of oversight in checking a rampaging rajarajas culpability in manipulations in allocation of 2g airwaves his nexus with corporates and shady business practices of telecom players will be commented on in some detail but the report will also speak of how the dmk leader thumbed his nose at the pmo with impunitysources said the draft report is expected to point out that a lone ministry defied the prime ministers authority and that there did not seem to be any clear attempt to rein it in although a congressdmk blockade of the committee prevented cabinet secretary k m chandrasekhar and t k a nair principal secretary to pm from deposing their responses to questionnaires were received by the committeethe committee has looked closely at whether efforts were made to check raja after he unambiguously indicated in his letter to the pm on november 2 2007 that he intended to go ahead with the firstcome firstserve policy in allocating airwaves while rejecting the law ministrys call for a group of ministers on spectrumthe decision of mps from the ruling coalition to prevent further examination of witnesses including central bureau of investigation chief a p singh attorney general goolam vahanavati and law secretary d r meena is seen to be partly driven by concern that the committees line of inquiry led it to pmo the report is to be adopted a meeting of the committee scheduled for thursday and will see a split vote with united progressive alliance upa mps putting in notes of dissent there are six congress and two dmk mps on the panel the opposition should enjoy an edge in the 22member panel even if nominees of a couple of regional parties support the ruling allianceon the basis of extensive evidence offered by telecom bigwigs like anil ambani and ratan tata besides others like sanjay chandra and vinod goenka who are under arrest the committee is likely to dwell on how some players bent the rules apparently in collusion with raja during ambanis deposition joshi had dryly noted that the tycoon seemed to suffer from selective forgetfulness and while tata was more forthright he was also closely questioned over his communication with dmk boss m karunanidhi and use of lobbyist niira radia as courier of a letter to the tamil nadu chief ministerthe committees report will also examine whether prime minister manmohan singh knew about the 2003 cabinet decision of the national democratic alliance government that pricing of spectrum