The State government has appointed K Radhakrishna Holla, the retired district judge, to investigate the charges of illegal mining against six officials.
The government had earlier appointed retired IAS officer S M Jaamdar as the inquiry officer. But he did not take up the work. Hence, the government has now appointed Holla.
The officials who are facing illegal mining charges are: Dr P Rajashekaran, deputy conservator of forests, T V Srinivasan, J Srinivas Murthy, K K Poovaiah, all assistant conservators of forests, and range forest officers Mahesh A Patil and H Ramamurthy.
No time limit has been fixed for completing the inquiry, but the government has asked the inquiry officer to complete the assigned work at the earliest.
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