His Majesty King Gyanendra will be invited as a special guest to the concluding ceremony marking the Golden Jubilee anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Court on May 22.

The celebration will run through May 20 for three days.

Reports quoted members of the celebration committee as saying that they have unanimously decided to invite the king during the conclusion session, but would alter the schedule if the king were willing to address the inaugural ceremony or other sessions.

The committee is waiting for a response from the Palace about the presence of the king in this historic ceremony.

However, the court decided not to invite the Chief Justices of SAARC because of the lack of budget.

The ministry of finance had recently agreed to release the sum of Rs 8 million, part of the desired amount, for the ceremony. Earlier the ministry had rejected the Court’s demand to allocate the money citing financial crunch.