The National Police Traffic Corps and the Corruption Eradication Commission have failed to settle a lawsuit out of court, regarding the handling of documents in the driving simulator graft case.

A South Jakarta district judge had given the the National Police Traffic Corps, known as Korlantas, and the corruption watchdog, known as the KPK, 40 days to settle the civil suit on Nov. 1.

But the mediation term ended on Monday and both had failed to reach a significant agreement. "The mediation has failed, the judge ordered the plaintiff KPK to file a reply for the [civil] suit," said Tommy Sihotang, the lawyer for Korlantas, as quoted by Detik.com on Monday.

Insp. Gen. Pudji Hartanto, the head of Korlantas, filed a civil lawsuit against the KPK accusing the corruption watchdog of seizing unrelated police documents involving a graft tainted procurement of driving simulators.

KPK investigators searched the traffic police headquarters in Jakarta in late July and confiscated documents that they claimed were related to the Rp 200 billion ($21 million) project. Police claim they asked the KPK to return all of the unrelated documents but failed to get a formal response from the KPK.

The National Police Traffic Corps asked for the documents, while the KPK claimed they still needed them for the investigation of the case regarding the former director of Korlantas, Corps. Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo.

The National Police are seeking Rp 425 billion in compensation and Rp 6 billion in damages.