 A delegation from the noted Kannada writer and journalist Patil Puttappa, and Bheemappa Gundappa Gadada, a social worker, met him, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah constituted in June 2017 a panel of nine legal experts, scholars, and Kannada literati, headed by G. S. Siddaramaya, Principal Secretary of the Department of Kannada and Culture, to study the legality and judicial implications of the formal adoption of a flag for the state.After the committee submitted a report, a team of designers was instituted, which came up with the latest version that is now in effect.The current version is a symbolic confluence of the National flag of India—with tri-colour strips—and the old Karnataka flag, as well as the Emblem of Karnataka charged in the centre of the flag, which, in majority, is a derivation of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Mysore.