Hyderabad Telangana excessive courtroom on Tuesday acquitted senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Yerra Srilakshmi within the sensational unlawful mining case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) towards Obulapuram Mining Firm involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.
A division bench of the excessive courtroom quashed the costs framed towards Srilakshmi, who’s at the moment the particular chief secretary (municipal administration and concrete improvement) within the Andhra Pradesh authorities.
Dismissing the cost sheet filed towards the 1988-batch IAS officer of Andhra cadre on March 30, 2012, the excessive courtroom stated the CBI didn’t substantiate the costs framed towards her proving her position within the alleged unlawful mining exercise by the OMC in Bellary reserve forest in Anantapur.
On November 28, 2011, the CBI arrested Srilakshmi within the unlawful mining case on the bottom that she, within the capability of then Principal Secretary (industries and commerce), was instrumental in issuing the controversial order that helped the Bellary mine lord export iron ore from Obulapuram mines, which have been alleged to be captive mines for his proposed Brahmani metal plant in Kadapa.
The company had claimed that Srilakshmi connived with OMC promoter and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy in granting mining leases in Anantapur. She was named accused No. 3 within the unlawful mining case and was booked beneath varied sections of IPC, in addition to Mines Act, Forest Act and Anti-Corruption Act.
A day later, Srilakshmi was despatched to judicial custody for 2 weeks. On December 1, she was suspended from service. She got here out on bail on December 2, 2011 however was again in jail on January 2, 2012 after her bail was cancelled by a CBI courtroom and remained in jail until October 2012.
Srilakshmi filed a collection of discharge petitions within the trial courtroom, however they have been quashed. Even because the trial was occurring, she was allotted the Telangana cadre post-bifurcation of the mixed state. In 2016, the Telangana authorities revoked her suspension.
Nonetheless, she moved the Central Administrative Tribunal to shift her to Andhra Pradesh cadre, as she was from Visakhapatnam. In 2020, she was allotted Andhra cadre and was inducted into the Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities as principal secretary (municipal administration and concrete improvement). In 2021, she was promoted as particular chief secretary.
Due to her seniority, Srilakshmi is the entrance runner for the chief secretary’s put up and Tuesday’s order by the excessive courtroom cleared the decks for her elevation.