Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and is understood to have briefed her on the order of the Delhi Lokayukta recommending removal of city PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan in connection with a tax evasion case.

Sources said Dikshit was called by Gandhi to discuss the issue.

Delhi Lokayukta had last week recommended sacking of Chauhan from the Delhi Cabinet for trying to protect a leading resort in a tax evasion case, holding him guilty of "misconduct" of "grave nature".

There is indication that Chauhan may be asked to resign. In the order, Lokayukta justice Manmohan Sarin recommended to the President of India to "withdraw her pleasure" for the Minister to continue in office as he "misused" his official position.

Justice Sarin's order came in a case pertaining to Chauhan's alleged involvement in influencing a team of tax officials when they were carrying out a survey at the premises of the resort in South Delhi in February last year.