A team of Supreme Court on Tuesday pasted court summons at the residence of Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Chief Lokman Singh Karki house.

This was the fourth attempt by the SC team to deliver court summons at Karki’s house. Three previous attempts had gone futile.

Ward secretary Sarita Rai was also present during the process. The team has also presented documents about the delivery of court summon at Karki house to the Apex Court.

Karki now has to appear by himself or send his representative before the court within 15 days. He, however, can extend that term to 30 days.

Advocate Om Prakash Aryal had challenged Karki’s appointment as CIAA Chief at the court claiming the appointment was unlawful as his tenure in government service “falls short of what has been provisioned in the constitution and he does not hold high moral character to lead the CIAA”.

Aryal’s initial petition was quashed but the SC on September 17 decided to review its previous verdict after Aryal filed a second petition. Karki was appointed as the CIAA chief in May 2013 by the Khil Raj Regmi-led government following a political agreement.

Earlier, Karki had refused to receive the court summons on various pretexts.

Meanwhile, the court has prepared to take action against its staffer Shambhu Bahadur Khatri for his negligence during the delivery of court summons. Khatri had gone out of contact by keeping his mobile phone off when the SC team tried to paste the summons for the second time on October 6.

The court has slapped a fine of Rs1,000 and 15 days in jail to Khatri, KMC Ward no.10 Secretary Sarita Rai and an official Bheshraj Aryal.