The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking a direction for publication of the report of the one-man judicial inquiry commission, which had inquired into the irregularities in purchase of coal and transformers in the period between 2002 and 2009 by Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL).

A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice K. Sreedhar Rao and Justice B.V. Nagarathna passed the order while hearing the petition filed by Vaijnath Patil, the former Minister.