New Delhi, Sep 7 - An irritated Supreme Court bench Monday imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 on an advocate for seeking narco-analysis tests on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and three former chief ministers. The lawyer alleged the politicians were involved in 'running a transfer and posting industry'.

However, the fine was waived following an appeal by eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani.

A furious bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam imposed the cost on advocate Samar Singh, repeatedly questioning him on what he knew of narco-analysis tests that he was seeking 'for four chief ministers'.

Singh, who belongs to Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district and practises in Allahabad High Court, had moved the apex court seeking its direction for subjecting Mayawati and former chief ministers Rajnath Singh, Kalyan Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav to the tests.

He alleged that successive governments under the chief ministers were 'running a transfer and posting industry' by extracting money from government officials in exchange for lucrative postings.

Singh argued that the narco-analysis tests would help find where all the money from the state's 'mushrooming transfer and posting industry' has gone.