Nilgiris district collector can't be transferred with court permission: SC

District collector sealed unauthorised holiday resorts in an elephant corridor on the court's orders.

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday the Tamil Nadu government will have to take the court’s permission before transferring the district collector of the Nilgiris, where unauthorised holiday resorts in an elephant corridor have been sealed.

The apex court gave the order after it was told the district collector could be transferred for reportedly complying with the court's order to seal or close down the resorts.

A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta was also told that electric fencing and barbed wires have been removed from the elephant corridor of the Nilgiris in pursuance of the