Power to exclude complaints against certain classes of public functionaries

(1) The State Government may, on the recommendation of the Lokayukta and on being satisfied that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest so to do, exclude by notification, complaints involving an allegation, or grievance or both against persons belonging to any class of public functionaries specified in the notification, from the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta, or as the case may be, Upa-Lokayukta. (2) Every notification issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued, before the State Legislature and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is laid or the session immediately following, the House agree in making any modification that the notification shall be annulled and notify such decision, the notification shall, from the date of publication of such decision, have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; Provided that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done by virtue of the notification.