NEW DELHI: Dissatisfied with the response of former additional solicitor general Indira Jaising 's NGO, Lawyers Collective, to a questionnaire seeking details of its bank accounts and foreign funding, the home ministry last week undertook an inspection of the NGO's accounts at its Mumbai head office.A ministry team inspected the books and records of Lawyers Collective over four days from January 21 to detect any possible violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, sources told TOI.According to a senior home ministry official, findings of the inspection are still being compiled and a decision on the next step, which is to seek the organisation's explanation on the alleged irregularities and FCRA violations detected by the team, would be taken up later.In case Lawyers Collective's reply is found inadequate, the NGO could face being put on the prior permission list, which would require all foreign contributions made to it to be pre-approved by the home ministry , or even cancellation of its FCRA registration as an extreme step.The NGO was sent a questionnaire on November 5 last year, seeking details of its bank accounts, including the designated FCRA account, amount of foreign contributions received utilised since inception and positions held by its trustees in other entities, including the government. Lawyers Collective submitted its reply on January 4, after two extensions of the December 7 deadline.The NGO's voluminous reply was found inadequate, and the ministry wanted to inspect its accounts. Lawyers Collective was founded by Jaising, who has among her clients activist Teesta Setalvad and Anand Grover, a gay rights lawyer who recently fought for clemency to 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Yakub Memon.A complaint received by the home ministry last year had alleged a mismatch between foreign funds received by the NGO, including from Ford Foundation, and those declared by it. It claimed that foreign funding to Lawyers Collective got a major boost during Jaising's tenure as additional solicitor general (ASG), while alleging that this amounted to violation of Section 3(1) of FCRA that bars a government servant from receiving foreign funds.Grover had earlier told TOI that the November 5 questionnaire was a standard one and made no specific allegations against Lawyers Collective. “In any case, we have been duly filing our returns each year,“ he said. Grover also dismissed the charge linking Jaising's stint as ASG to “higher foreign funds“ received by the NGO.