New Delhi, Oct 13 (UNI) The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who had moved the apex court seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the allegations that he had hacked the email account of the then additional advocate general (AAG) of Gujarat, Tushar Mehta, and tampered with it. Bhatt, a Gujarat cadre IPS officer, was dismissed from service on August 18 this year. After finding no merit and substance in Bhatt's plea, an apex court division bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) H L Dattu and also comprising Justice Arun Mishra, rejected Bhatt's plea for a SIT investigation. Bhatt had approached the SC for an SIT probe instead of a CBI inquiry which he had sought earlier. Bhatt told the apex court that a change in political leadership in the Union of India was the reason which compelled him to change his mind. Mr Mehta, Gujarat’s former AAG, has accused Bhatt of hacking into his email account. The Supreme Court on September 23 had reserved its order on Bhatt's plea for today. Senior Supreme Court lawyer Indira Jaising, appearing for the sacked IPS officer, had made certain submissions before the division bench about the background of the cases. "Now there is a change in the political dispensation at the Centre and now court-monitored SIT probe in both cases is needed," Jaising told the division bench of the Top Court. Bhatt had filed the petitions in the apex court in 2011 against the lodging of two FIRs against him by the Gujarat Police. One of the petitions against him was in connection with an FIR lodged by the Gujarat police constable in Ahmedabad alleging that Bhatt had allegedly pressurised him to sign an affidavit that the IPS officer had participated in a high-level meeting after the Godhra carnage. In another FIR, Bhatt has been accused of allegedly hacking then state's AAG, Mehta's e-mail account. UNI XC SHS SV 1159