"The government does not have any powers to hand over the matter to CBI since Lokayukta is an independent body," he told reporters here.
Social activists had sought a CBI probe against some Lokayukta officials for alleged corruption.
Amid allegations that one of its officials had demanded Rs one crore bribe, the Karnataka Lokayukta Y Bhaskar Rao, a former Chief Justice of the state High Court, transferred all the cases to the Central Crime Branch.
Meanwhile, Lokayukta has decided to request the government to appoint any other independent agency to conduct the probe into the alleged corruption after Joint Commissioner (Crime) and CCB head M Chandra Shekar requested it to reconsider the decision to probe the case.
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The matter came to light recently after Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Sonia Narang wrote a letter to the Registrar of Karnataka Lokayukta, about the complaint she received from a person who alleged that someone from the Lokayukta office demanded Rs 1 crore in bribe to avoid a raid.