HYDERABAD: Senior IAS officer from AP Y Srilakshmi got relief when the Telangana high court on Friday directed the trial court not to take any coercive measures against the officer, who is facing a CBI case in the illegal mining episode of mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy.
Justice Shameem Akther directed the CBI to file a memo before the trial court to the effect that its probe in the illegal mining case was over and that its investigation in the border dispute would commence independent of this case. He later adjourned the case to July 16.
The IAS officer’s counsel, K Raghavacharyulu, informed the court that the CBI did not file any memo about its intention to delink the border dispute between AP and Telangana from the illegal mining case despite an order from the high court. “Unless the border is determined, it cannot be said whether any illegal mining took place. On one hand, the CBI says its probe into illegal mining was over but informs the trial court that the trial is still pending,” he said.
Since there was a petition pending before the high court about the border dispute, the CBI could not commence or complete the probe on that issue. “Though the CBI says it is delinking both and would prefer completion of trial in illegal mining case independently, it does not say so before the trial court,” the counsel argued. “We are seeking a stay on the case pertaining to Srilakshmi,” he said.
