NEW DELHI: No specific time-line has been fixed for operationalising the anti-corruption institution of Lokpal, the government said on Thursday. This comes after the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act was enacted on January 1 but the body is still not in place."A number of writ petitions have been filed in various High Courts, challenging, inter alia, certain provisions of the Act and the Search Committee Rules. Government has filed applications before the Supreme Court for transfer of these writ petitions to the Supreme Court so as to get authoritative pronouncement on all these issues, so that the institution of Lokpal can be made functional at the earliest. Under the circumstances, no specific time-line has been fixed for making appointments in the Lokpal," the Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office, Jitendra Singh has told the Rajya Sabha This could mean a longer wait for the anti-corruption body to come up, pending a decision from the Supreme Court. The Government in August had amended the Search Committee Rules specified in the original act as per a assurance given to the Supreme Court in May. As per the new Search Committee Rules, the process was made more independent by stipulating that a search committee will not be bound by the government's shortlist for preparing a panel of persons to be considered by a Selection Committee for appointment as the Chairperson and the Members of the Lokpal body.The erstwhile UPA government had enacted the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act after a campaign by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare.