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On Tuesday, the top court reproached some of the district collectors in Tamil Nadu for failing to appear before ED to join a probe in relation to alleged illegal sand mining in the state, noting that their cavalier attitude will land them in trouble.e)..
Setting an April 25 date for the collectors to show up before the ED investigators, the top court made it clear that the officers failure to join the probe will cost them dear, compelling the court to take strict action against them..
A bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was irked by the fact that despite the courts unequivocal order in February that the persons summoned under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) must appear before ED to cooperate with an ongoing investigation, five district collectors in the southern state chose not to appear before the agency..
In the previous order, the bench dismissed the Tamil Nadu governments attempt to stop the agency from questioning its district collectors in connection with the alleged illegal sand mining and suspended a Madras high court order in this regard..
The order on Tuesday came while hearing an appeal filed by ED against the Madras high court order passed in November 2023, staying the summons issued to five district collectors of the state in connection with alleged illegal sand mining..
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