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Forest Department Chief PK Keshavan will soon intimate Chief Secretary VP Joy of his written dissent over the controversial transfer and promotion orders issued by the government.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan granted permission for the vigilance probe based on the recommendation of the special investigation team (SIT).
The Forest Department had unearthed smuggling to the tune of Rs 15 crore.
An internal report has found incriminating evidence of what is described as the northern region's conservator of forests NT Sajan's 'unsavoury association with the Muttil case accused and their accomplices'.
The inquiry conducted by the Forest Department has unearthed gross irregularities committed by Forest Conservator N.T.Sajan in the sensational Muttil tree felling case.
The court also termed as disturbing that statutory provisions were infringed by officials by issuing executive directions 'with impunity.'
The Left Democratic Front Government headed by the Marxist leader had received a historic mandate to continue for another five-year term in the April election.
The latest order means the CPM-led Left government is stubborn in its stance against O G Salini, Under Secretary, Revenue, who has earned its wrath for releasing files under Right To Information on the controversial tree felling order.
Without waiting for the legal opinion Chandrashekharan had issued strict direction to officials to issue the order urgently.
The directive was allegedly issued to circumvent the law that prohibited the felling of royal trees, sandalwood, rosewood, teakwood and ebony.
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