Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam observed that the collector’s status report reveals that rampant illegal sand mining was done by the man. Had the officials carried out regular inspections, such kinds of incidents could have been prevented. The judges observed that the collector undertakes

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Madurai: The state government on Thursday informed Madras high court that a fine of Rs 9.57 crore was imposed on a person who was involved in illegal sand mining in Tirunelveli district. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by B Sivasankar who sought a direction to restrain a person from undertaking illegal sand mining activities at Therku Kallidaikuruchi village in the district.
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Pursuant to the earlier direction, Tirunelveli district collector and superintendent of police appeared before the court through videoconferencing. The special government pleader submitted that according to the collector’s report, a penalty of Rs 9.57 crore was imposed on the person involved in illegal mining misusing his licence issued for stock yard. The concerned village administrative officer was placed under suspension and five people were arrested in a case registered in this regard.
A division bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam observed that the collector’s status report reveals that rampant illegal sand mining was done by the man. Had the officials carried out regular inspections, such kinds of incidents could have been prevented. The judges observed that the collector undertakes to put in place an effective monitoring mechanism to prevent such illegal activities in future. Since these kinds of cases are repeatedly filed, the assistance of additional advocate general M Sricharan Rangarajan is required in cases of similar nature.
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Dispensing with the appearance of the collector and SP, the judges directed the collector to file a further status report on the progress in penalty and confiscation proceedings initiated in the case, which was adjourned to November 4 for further hearing.
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