porvorim fatorda mla vijai sardesai on wednesday demanded that a retired high judge conduct an inquiry into the expenditure on restoration of the kala academy he also said that the contractor was selected to do work without following the central public works department cpwd manualyou spent rs 4 crore to build kala academy but to repair it you have spent much more order an inquiry and till then direct the finance department to stop payment to the contractor sardesai said during the question hourart and culture minister govind gaude said that the mla was misleading the house both gaude and sardesai had heated arguments over the exact amount spent towards restoration of kala academy then speaker ramesh tawadkar had to intervene to stop the argumentearlier gaude told the house that since the work was specialised the pwd had recommended the agency and he had a cabinet note to support his claim but sardesai said that as per the cpwd manual a tender has to be floated even for specialised workssardesai said initially the estimated cost of the work was given as rs 3963 crore but the cabinet approved rs 4957 crore later the art and culture minister said that the cost had escalated to rs 56 crore and that the work will be completed in september he saidgaude said that the mla should not go by media reports and that the estimated cost was rs 3963 crore and it was decided to undertake the work as the structure was in bad shape and its pillars had weakened gaude also denied saying who was charles correa as claimed by sardesai and stood by his stand that ka needed to be restored due to water seepage in the theatre and the black box gaude said that since 2004 repair works had been undertaken at the ka on several occasions he said that all procedures were followed in nominating the contractor and that the decision was approved by the cabinet the contractor has assured to do maintenance for five years after completion of work and has given a 20year guarantee to do certain things