Government offers legal assistance to seven IAS officers

HYDERABAD: The state government on Tuesday decided to provide legal assistance to seven of the eight IAS officers who received notices from the Supreme Court in connection with the issuance of 26 GOs by them during the YSR regime which is now being probed under the Jagan assets case by the CBI. The SC had issued the notices following a petition filed by P Sudhakar Reddy.Of the 8 officers, Y Srilakshmi, who is currently in Chanchalguda jail for her involvement in the illegal mining case, has been excluded.
The officers who will get legal assistance are K Ratna Prabha (now additional secretary, GOI), Manmohan Singh (principal secretary, AH), Aditya Nath Das (secretary, irrigation), CVSK Sarma (principal secretary, agriculture), S V Prasad (Rtd) (state vigilance commissioner), B Sam Bob (principal secretary, MA&UD) and M Samuel (CCLA).