``I have been told that the Court has asked for an affidavit and I am working on it,'' Bhatia told newsmen here.

Declining to elaborate on the contents of the affidavit, he said he would ``write everything'' in it.

Bhatia, who on Wednesday was ordered by the State Government to take charge as Commissioner, Archives in Mumbai, said he would not be taking up his new responsibility immediately as he was on a month's leave. He even had a dig at his new posting, saying that he had no idea what he would do there ``since it only contained speeches made by Gandhi and Nehru and material from the Mahabharat.''

Bhatia said he was overwhelmed by the public support for him.``God seems to have compensated me for all the beating I took from the Government in my career by the love that has been bestowed on me by the people of Pune.'' He said he was indebted to Pune and, given a chance, would like to repay them for the love they had showered on him.

``The affection I have received from Pune is amazing. It is beyond my wildest imagination,'' he said, adding that he could not reason out what he had done to deserve such affection.

``I don't know if I will ever get a chance to repay this. I think that is possible if I get a chance to serve in Pune again. Until then it shall remain a debt,'' Bhatia said.