Hyderabad : The AP high court took up for hearing, a petition seeking that the CBI JD Lakshmi Narayana should be continued in the state.

Admitting the petition, the high court directed the petitioner to state if the transfer of the JD would come under its purview.

The court directed the petitioner to file a supplementary petition within a week. It may be recalled that one Kutumba Rao, a journalist filed a petition in the high court, stop the transfer of Lakshmi Narayana and continue him here, until the Jagan assets case investigation was completed.

However, as Lakshmi Narayana’s 7 year deputation to the CBI was completed on June 10, he was relieved from the duty on Tuesday. Lakshmi Narayana assumed office in AP with the CBI in 2006. He handled high profile cases including the Satyam Computers, Vanpic, Emaar Properties and Jagan assets cases.