India, July 14 -- A major controversy has erupted in Karnataka after governor Thaawarchand Gehlot suspended Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar and recommended a Supreme Court inquiry into allegations of misconduct against him.

As reported by HT earlier, the move, believed to be the first of its kind against a sitting KPSC chairman or member, was taken under Article 317(1) of the Constitution, which deals with the removal of Public Service Commission members.

According to the Governor's Secretariat, complaints alleged that Sahukar used his position to facilitate the selection of his two daughters as industrial extension officers in a recruitment process overseen by the KPSC.

The Secretariat sa...