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The officers are accused of failing to initiate a timely mission to rescue trekker stranded in the Kurumbachi Hills in Palakkad.
The Minister had earlier announced that Babu and his friends who had scaled Kumbachi Hill would be spared of legal action on humanitarian grounds.
Young trekker Babu was recently rescued from a cleft in the hills after being stranded there for nearly 48 hours.
Though Babu had violated the law, we decided not to harass him for the time being, the minister said.
It was the locals who spotted mobile flash lights on the mountain around 9 pm on Sunday and informed the police and the Forest officers about the trespasser.
The impression that gained ground was that the Fire and Rescue personnel looked on as mere spectators when they had the expertise and equipment to do the job.
Babu, who was trapped in the face of a mountain cleft in Kumbachimala, was rescued by the Indian Army through a breathtaking operation on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old youth was discharged from the district hospital this morning as the doctors certified that his health condition was stable.
Around Tuesday midnight, as Babu tried to lift his leg after suffering from muscle cramps, he fell 20ft down from this spot, 34 hours after his first fall.
Danny Boyle's film, '127 Hours' starring James Franco. It was inspired by the real-life story of mountaineer Aaron Ralston, who was trapped between rocks for five days.