SC registrar resigns KOL Report KATHMANDU, May 9 - Registrar of the Supreme Court Shree Prasad Pandit Monday resigned from the post raising questions over the attitude of the Chief Justice in connection with the purchase of a vehicle. Pandit submitted his resignation to the Ministry of Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs stating that Chief Justice Hari Prasad Sharma illegally intervened in his work thus creating an insecure environment to carry out his duty, our correspondent Bal Krishna Basnet reported. Pandit also blamed Sharma of placing him on the reserve pool and search for new registrar who works as per his [Sharma's] wish. Registrar Pandit, who was due to retire on May 28, was sent to the reserve pool of the General Administration due to "differences" with Chief Justice Sharma over purchase of vehicles. The rift between the two widened as the chief justice revoked an over twenty-million rupees vehicle tender already awarded by Pandit. He has sought that his resignation be effective from May 14. According to the resignation letter, Chief Justice Sharma awarded the vehicle tender to Sipradi Trading Pvt. Ltd. by revoking the tender that was already given to Bhudev Trading Ltd. Pandit said that he had assigned the tender after consultations with the then Chief Justice Govinda Bahadur Shrestha and had obtained approval from the National Planning Commission and the Finance Ministry. Meanwhile, Sharma refused to make comment over the issue. (dds)