In a gross abuse of power and rank defiance, the Goa Government has for the last four months refused to respond to the repeated queries raised by the Goa office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the very exorbitant fees being paid to Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni. Goa despite being the smallest state is not only hosting India's highest paid Advocate General but he is also the country’s highest paid public servant.
The President of India is paid Rs 1,50,000 a month, the Chief Justice of India Rs 1,00,000 and a High Court Judge Rs 80,000 but the notorious and very controversial Advocate General of Goa Atmaram Nadkarni is officially pocketing up to a whopping eight lakhs a month besides Rs 75,000 on every visit to Delhi which is s nothing short of a day light loot and plunder of the State’s exchequer. On the unofficial moolah Atmaram Nadkarni is extracting from various fountains, it is visible even to the naked eye. Then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on 23rd May 2012 had directed that the fees of Atmaram Nadkarni be hiked from five lakhs to eight lakhs a month due to the very high inflation being faced by the Advocate General. The flamboyant Atmaram Nadkarni is known to be extremely close to Manohar Parrikar with both being privy to each other’s deals. They have even travelled together all the way to the infamous red light “Walking Street” of Pattaya in Bangkok. Manohar Parrikar later publicly clarified that his visit was not to have sex but that he merely enjoyed two Thai massages. “Do I have to go so far for sex” is what the 59 year old widower Manohar Parrikar had the audacity of asking the journalists. On all this less said the better but all we know for now is that Atmaram Nadkarni is desperately sneaking his way to try and be a Supreme Court Judge. It will be the darkest ever day for India’s Judiciary. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires