NEW DELHI: After making a sensational protest against the manner of functioning of the CJI-headed collegium in selecting judges, the fifth seniormost judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Jasti Chelameswar , took a dig on Saturday at CJI T S Thakur's method of distributing judicial work among SC judges.On September 2, Justice Chelameswar had spoken extensively to TOI faulting the opaqueness in the collegium and announced his decision to abstain from the meetings. He had said that he was protesting the absence of provision to record his views on candidates in writing. He had clarified he would continue to be part of the collegium and record his views in writing on people in the zone of consideration for appointment of judges.At a function of the CAT, Justice Chelameswar in a lighter vein made the comment on the manner in which cases were being distributed among judges heading benches in the SC. Distribution of cases among benches is the sole administrative discretion of the CJI.Justice Chelameswar was appointed as an additional judge of Andhra Pradesh HC in 1997 after a more than two decade long career as an advocate. He said: "In my entire career I had handled two service matters. But, thanks to the chief justice, I have been deciding mainly cases relating to service matter in the last one year," he said. Justice Thakur took oath as CJI on December 3, 2015 and is due to retire on January 3, 2017.The collegium for selection of SC judges comprise Justices Thakur, J S Khehar, Dipak Mishra, Chelameswar and Ranjan Gogoi. However, the collegium for selection of HC judges consists of Justices Thakur, Khehar and Mishra. After retirement of CJI Thakur, Justice Chelameswar would become the third most senior Judge in the SC and would be part of both the Collegiums.On September 2, he had said: "The system of selection of Judges by the Collegium is not at all transparent. Just two people decide the names and come back to the meeting and ask for yes and no.""Can selection of persons for judge's post be decided on the basis of majority within the collegium? Should it not be on basis of merit?" - were few of the numerous questions Justice Chelameswar had asked."I am raising an issue at a much higher level. The question is are we doing something good for the country?" he said.