Chennai: The High Court has ordered the Central government to complete the procedure for filing a case against 2 IAS officers in the tender irregularities case against former AIADMK minister S.P. Velumani within 2 months.
The contempt of court case against former AIADMK minister S.P. Velumani, alleging irregularities in Chennai and Coimbatore corporation tenders, is pending before Judge N. Anand Venkatesh.
During the last hearing of this case, the Tamil Nadu government stated that a letter had been sent on July 22 to the Central Government explaining the matter regarding the request for permission to file a case against IAS officers G. Kandasamy and Vijay Karthikeyan in connection with tender irregularities. In this regard, the judge ordered an official from the Central Personnel Department to appear and provide an explanation.
Accordingly, the case came up for hearing again yesterday before Judge Anand Venkatesh. At that time, appearing via video conference, the judge asked the Joint Secretary of the Department of Personnel, Sushilkumar Patil, “Why is there such a delay in granting permission to prosecute the 2 IAS officers who have been accused?”
Sushil Kumar said, “A large number of documents related to the case are pending. Time is needed to examine them. Those documents have been sent to the Central Vigilance Commission. The commission’s response will be received next week. After that, they will be sent to the Prime Minister’s Office. The authority to grant permission to prosecute IAS officers rests with the Prime Minister’s Office. These procedures will take two months to complete.”
Following this, the judge ordered the Central government, “In this regard, an affidavit must be filed explaining the procedures carried out from last November 2025 until now. The procedure for granting permission to file a case against two officials must be completed within two months, and the Tamil Nadu government must be informed about it,” and adjourned the hearing to Nov. 12.
