The palmolein import graft case, in which central vigilance commissioner P J Thomas figures as an accused, was posted to February 26 by a vigilance court here on Friday.

Enquiry commissioner and special judge S Jagadees adjourned the case as documents related to it were yet to be received at the court from the supreme court.

The case relates to loss to the tune of Rs 2.32 crore allegedly caused to the exchequer by import of palmolein in 1991-92 when late Congress leader K Karunarakan was the chief minister and Thomas the food secretary and a member of the board of the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation.

Thomas figures as the eighth accused in the chargesheet filed by the Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau in 2003.

According to the chargesheet filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code, the accused caused the exchequer a loss of Rs 2.32 crore by importing palmolein through a Malaysia-based firm at exorbitant rates.

Karunakaran, who died in Dec 2010, was the first accused in the case.

The other accused are former food minister and Congress leader T H Musthafa, senior IAS officer Giji Thomson, then managing director of Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation, former chief secretary S Padmakumar, former chairman of Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation Zachariah Mathew, and two representatives of the Malaysia-based Power and Energy Ltd.