NEW DELHI: The Centre has not concurred with the Supreme Court collegium's recommendation to appoint former solicitor general Gopal Subramaniam as a judge of the apex court, citing reports from CBI and Intelligence Bureau as well as recordings of his conversation with former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia.But it agreed with the recommendation to appoint former solicitor general R F Nariman and chief justices of Orissa and Calcutta High Courts -- Adarsh Kumar Goel and Arun Misra -- as judges of the Supreme Court and has sent their names to the President for approval.Disagreeing with the SC collegium's choice of Subramaniam, the government referred to "adverse" reports on the former SG from both CBI and IB, as well as the Radia tapes "The Centre decided against Subramaniam's name on the sole consideration that no appointment should be made to the Supreme Court which would cloud the high image and trust it enjoys in the public eye. The government decided not to take that risk," sources told TOI.They said the CBI confirmed to the government that Subramaniam's conduct as solicitor general in October 2010, when the apex court was monitoring the agency's probe into the politically explosive case on irregular allotment of 2G spectrum during the tenure of A Raja as telecom minister, had caused it immense uneasiness.The agency informed the government that Subramaniam had attempted to get CBI and Enforcement Directorate officials, who were probing the 2G scam, to coordinate with Raja's counsel. Even after CBI officials protested loudly and refused to comply, he did not desist from similar attempts, it said.(Gopal Subramaniam)The CBI's communication to the government said Subramaniam had attempted to coordinate between the agencies and the counsel of the telecom minister, whom they were to investigate, on the ground that "there should be a coordinated appearance on behalf of the government of India which is one juristic entity".Subramaniam, who was appearing for department of telecom, had reportedly sent repeated reminders to CBI officials to brief him on the specious ground that the agencies needed to work out a common response.He had also insisted on representing CBI in the apex court even when the agency had engaged another law officer. He did not back off till the CBI formally communicated that it did not wish to be represented by him, it said.TOI had in November 2010 reported in detail about CBI officials walking out in protest from the October 7 meeting called by Subramaniam.Some portions of intercepted telephone conversations between Radia and Subramaniam have been in the public domain for a long period. The Centre got a confirmation of the contents of the conversations from competent authorities.The Intelligence Bureau too gave a lengthy "unfavourable" report on the choice of Subramaniam as a judge of the Supreme Court. "Most of the allegations against him in the public domain have been confirmed from authorities concerned before taking a decision on his name," sources said.