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Madras High Court Raps DVAC Over Delay in Sanction to Prosecute IAS Officers in Velumani Tender Case

The judge sought a clear explanation for why sanction was not pursued before the Centre’s translation rule kicked in and noted the request was refiled last week after costly document work.

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Overview

  • Hearing a contempt plea on November 10, Justice N. Anand Venkatesh questioned why prosecutions move slowly for IAS officers in the ₹98.25‑crore corporation tender case linked to former minister S. P. Velumani.
  • The DVAC finished its probe in January 2024 and obtained sanction to prosecute Velumani on February 12, 2024, but it did not secure sanction for IAS officers K. S. Kandasamy and K. Vijaya Karthikeyan.
  • A sanction request sent to the Union Government on August 30, 2025 was returned for lacking translations required under an October 2024 checklist, leading to fresh filings only after court prodding.
  • The DVAC translated roughly 12,000 pages at an estimated public cost of about ₹30 lakh and re‑submitted the sanction request on November 7, 2025, with the court recording a three‑month outer limit for the Centre’s decision.
  • The court ordered a status report detailing the unexplained January–October 2024 gap and set the next hearing for November 24, as the case stems from alleged favoritism in road‑work tenders in Chennai and Coimbatore.