NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley met President Pranab Mukherjee to brief him on details of the ordinance to ease provisions of the land acquisition law before Mukherjee signed his approval.While it is customary to meet the President when requesting him to approve an ordinance, Mukherjee is understood to have pointed out that he had ceased being a minister when the previous government passed the law.Sources said the President expressed the wish to be briefed on the law and the proposed changes and the government decided to depute Jaitley to call on Mukherjee. There was no suggestion that the President had sought clarifications.