40 Revenue Officials Served Show-Cause Notices for Sand Mining
AI-generated Representative Image COIMBATORE: Pavankumar G Giriyappanavar, the Coimbatore district collector, has issued show-cause notices to 40 current and former revenue department officials for their inability to halt illegal sand mining in Perur taluk from 2019 to 2025. The district collector informed TOI that officials have been requested to submit written explanations. Further actions will be determined based on their responses. Sources reveal that the notices target four tahsildars, 22 village administrative officers (VAOs), as well as some deputy tahsildars and revenue inspectors. These notices were issued under Section 17(a) of the Tamil Nadu Civil Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules,…