Sagayam

• Tamil Nadu Moves Supreme Court Against Appointment of IAS Officer to Probe Mining Activities

  The Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court challenging the appointment of a whistleblower IAS officer by the Madras High Court to inspect mining activities in the state.

• Tamil Nadu's 'Most Transferred Officer' Gets an Important Job From Court

  Senior Tamil Nadu officer U Sagayam, who was transferred twice in 48 hours, has been asked by a court to investigate illegal graphite mining in Tamil Nadu.

• Tamil Nadu's Ashok Khemka: IAS Officer Transferred Twice in 48 Hours

  A senior IAS officer in Tamil Nadu was transferred twice in 48 hours last week.

• Immigration authorities asked to be on lookout for Alagiri's son

  Police have alerted immigration authorities to help them in preventing Durai Dayanidhi, union minister M K Alagiri's son, and 11 others from leaving the country in the wake of the state government's crackdown on illegal granite quarrying.

• A scam worth 16,000 crores that rests on granite

  Officials from the Madurai district administration in Tamil Nadu are conducting raids at 175 granite quarries across the district. The former Collector of Madurai Mr Sagayam, who was recently transferred, had alleged major violations by many granite quarries and had estimated a loss of more than sixteen thousand crore rupees to the state exchequer.

• Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu

  In a minor reshuffle of Indian Administrative Service officers, the Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday transferred U Sagayam as Madurai District Collector, replacing him with his counterpart from Tiruvannamalai, Anshul Mishra.

• Tahsildars transferred for not staying in residential premises

  Two Tahsildars in the district were transferred by Madurai Collector U Sagayam after an inspection found they were not staying in the respective residential premises allotted to them.