the Communal and Targeted Violence bill also created a stir. He termed the Bill to be divisive and against the constitution of India. Though Justice Thomas wrote a dissenting note on the report of the Empowered Committee regarding the maintenance of the water level at Mullaperiyar dam, his concurrence with the report stating that the dam was safe raised criticism in his home state of Kerala. In the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, he opined in 2013 that the three accused sentenced to death should be spared from capital punishment due to the delay of 23 years in carrying out the punishment. In March 2014, Thomas declined the offer of the Government of India to head the selection committee of Lokpal stating the "recommendations of the search committee are not binding on the selection committee. Therefore, the work of the search committee can as well be done by the selection committee itself." Another matter of public interest was his letter to the Chief Justice of India on allegations raised by Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave regarding the disposal of a 12-year-old land allotment case by a two-judge bench headed by Justice C.K. Prasad, which was actually listed before another three Judge Bench. Awards Padma Bhushan Award by Government of India, 2007. Positions held District and Sessions Judge, Kottayam – 1977 Additional District and Sessions Judge, Calicut – 1979 Principal District and Sessions Judge, Calicut – 1981 Additional Justice, High Court of Kerala – 1985 Permanent Justice, High Court of Kerala – 1986 Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala – 1995 Justice, Supreme Court of India – 1996 Chairman – Justice K. T. Thomas Committee on Unaided professional colleges – 2003 Chairman of the Police Reforms Monitoring Committee constituted by the Supreme Court Chairman of the School Review Commission to review the functioning of National Law School of India University, Bangalore Mukhyarakshaadhikaary of Sevabharathy(A part of RSS) KOTTAYAM. References External links News on Padma bhushan award Profile on the Supreme Court of India web site on Parliament's use of amending powers Justice K T Thomas Committee Opinion on Death penalty on Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Letter to Prime Minister on Lokpal Final Report – People's Police Movement Further reading 1937 births Living people Indian Christians Saint Thomas Christians Judges of the Kerala High Court Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs 20th-century Indian lawyers 20th-century Indian educational theorists Scientists from Kottayam