Bhubaneswar, May 8: Senior IAS officer Taradatt's estranged wife Indulata Das, who had brought allegations of "moral turpitude" against him in 2014 by filing a petition before the State Commission for Women, today sought chief minister Naveen Patnaik's intervention in the matter.

She alleged delay by the commission in delivering justice to her. In a petition to the chief minister, Indulata accused the commission of being favourable to senior members of the bureaucracy.

"I submitted the petition to the State Commission for Women in December 2014. However, the commission arranged a face-to-face meeting between my husband and me only in March 2015. Despite my request to the commission to arrange another sitting, it took one year to do this," said Indulata.

In her petition to the chief minister, Indulata also alleged that the commission was deliberately delaying the progress of the case.

"He will retire on June 30 and the commission is delaying the case to ensure that he retires from service without facing any problems," she said.

Indulata, who holds a PhD in Sanskrit from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and a Master's degree in yoga from Utkal University, has worked as a lecturer and a reader in Sanskrit from 1979 to 2007 in colleges run by the state government. In 2007, she took voluntary retirement to start a cultural organisation called Academy of Yoga and Oriental Studies.

Indulata alleged that the commission had held two meetings with her husband without informing her.

"I have come to know that the commission conducted two meetings with him in March and May last year. I am yet to understand why I was not invited to these meetings," she said.

Indulata, a resident of Forest Park, has accused her husband of having an affair with a bureaucrat during his central deputation between November 2009 and January 2012. Taradatt has denied the charges.

State Commission for Women chairperson Lopamudra Baxipatra, however, said she had done everything that could be done in the case within the limits of law.

"Everything has been done following law. Every case is sensitive for the commission," Baxipatra said.

Prior to this, Indulata had also filed a complaint with the chief minister's grievance cell demanding police security for her. The Opposition Congress had created a furore in the Assembly in March last year seeking a reply from chief minister Naveen Patnaik on the steps taken to provide security to her.