He was assisting the court in several forest and wildlife related matters since last year
He was assisting the court in several forest and wildlife related matters since last year
The Madras High Court on Friday sought to know whether there is any proposal to transfer Principal Chief Conservator of Forests-cum-Chief Wildlife Warden Shekhar Kumar Neeraj to Arasu Rubber Corporation Ltd. The court directed the state government to clarify its position by Tuesday.
Justice V. Bharathidasan and Justice N. Advocate T. Lajapati Roy, appearing before the division bench of Satish Kumar, said he had received information from some sources regarding the proposed transfer of Mr. Neeraj, who was assisting the court in a host since last year. forest related matters
When the judges wanted to know whether this was true, a public prosecutor claimed ignorance about such a move and said, Mr. Neeraj recently traveled to Nagpur to attend a conference on COVID- 19 and was now in home quarantine. ,
To this, Mr. Roy said that Mr. Neeraj’s sudden transfer could affect the investigation into several forest crimes and added that he would be happy only if the news of his proposed transfer was false. Agreeing with him, the judges asked the government to clarify the position on Tuesday.