``I have read the remarks of the Chief Justice in the newspapers. I do not want to comment on them,'' Joshi said.

During the hearing of a public interest litigation filed by Congress legislator Shantaram Aher urging the court to inquire into the purchase of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and CT scan machines for the J J group of hospitals, the Chief Justice had observed that Maharashtra was the worst administered state.

Top bureaucrats have, however, endorsed the Chief Justice's views saying, after the last Lok Sabha elections, there has been a steady decline in the administration.

``We feel that owing to intra-alliance disputes, there is no direction to the Government, and as a result, it has come to a standstill, particularly during the last six months,'' a senior official said.