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The Madras High Court connected Monday (November 10, 2025) has sought the effect of the Director General of Police (DGP) to a writ petition filed by erstwhile Indian Administrative Service (IAS) serviceman U. Sagayam to see a plea made by him for restoring a gunman who had been deployed for his information since 2014.
Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira directed a authorities counsel to get instructions from the DGP by November 24 since Mr. Sagayam had claimed helium was continuing to look menace from the granite mining mafia and was incapable to depose safely earlier the proceedings tribunal successful the lack of security.
The petitioner contended helium was the archetypal IAS serviceman successful the state to disclose his assets arsenic a measurement of accountability and helium was known for his integrity. His upright behaviour had resulted successful 22 transfers successful a span of 23 years until helium obtained voluntary status from work successful October 2020, Mr Sagayam said.
During his stint arsenic Madurai Collector successful 2012, helium had unearthed ample standard illegalities successful granite mining successful the territory and submitted a broad study to the State authorities connected May 19, 2012 quantifying an approximate nonaccomplishment of ₹16,000 crore to the nationalist exchequer owed to the irregularities.
Shortly thereafter, helium was transferred and posted arsenic the Managing Director of Co-optex, a authorities undertaking that had been a nonaccomplishment making entity since the 1990s. “Within 15 months of his appointment, the petitioner revived the instauration into a profitable enterprise,” his affidavit read.
He added successful 2014, activistic ‘Traffic’ Ramasamy alias K.R. Ramaswamy filed a nationalist involvement litigation petition against amerciable mining operations and the High Court had appointed him arsenic a Special Officer successful that lawsuit connected September 11, 2014 for inspecting mining operations crossed the State and submitting a study to the court.
At the clip of specified appointment, helium was provided with an equipped information defender connected the ground of a circumstantial absorption issued by the court. However, owed to non practice from the past State government, his inspection was confined to Madurai territory unsocial and helium filed an extended study connected November 23, 2015.
The study had estimated a full nonaccomplishment of ₹1,11,000 crore having been caused to the authorities treasury due to the fact that of amerciable granite mining and reported instances of quality sacrifices conducted earlier the mining operations, demolition of hills and the relation played by authorities endeavor Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited.
After the submission of the report, the petitioner and his household members were subjected to threats, intimidation, and bribe offers from individuals progressive successful the amerciable mining activities and the Tallakulam constabulary successful Madurai metropolis had registered 2 First Information Reports successful 2015 based connected his complaints, helium said.
Realising these threats, the High Court successful 2018 reaffirmed the constabulary information that had been provided to him. When the information was withdrawn abruptly successful November 2020, the tribunal intervened again and passed an bid connected November 13, 2020 to reconstruct the information guard.
Nevertheless, the gunman was withdrawn connected May 26, 2023 and was not restored contempt aggregate representations made to the DGP, Home Secretary and others, helium complained and said helium was incapable to depose earlier the proceedings tribunal successful the amerciable granite mining cases owed to deficiency of security.
