Cash-for-jobs complaint in K.N. Nehru’s Municipal Administration department was sent to DVAC on November 1, Tamil Nadu government tells Madras High Court
The Hindu
K.N. Nehru cash-for-jobs allegation: Tamil Nadu government tells Madras High Court that it had forwarded ED's communication to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption on November 1, 2025
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) told the Madras High Court that it had forwarded Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) October 27, 2025 communication, levelling a cash-for-jobs allegation in the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) department led by Minister K.N. Nehru, to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) as early as on November 1, 2025 itself.
Appearing before Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan, Advocate General (A-G) P.S. Raman said, the DVAC was now conducting a ‘detailed inquiry’ as required under the Vigilance Manual. When the judges wanted to know who would be summoned for inquiry, the A-G said: “Whomever we find is answerable to the allegation, we may call them for an inquiry.”
The submissions were made during the hearing of a writ petition filed by K. Athinarayanan of Kallikudi in Madurai district. The petitioner had sought a direction to the Director General of Police (DGP) to take appropriate action on the basis of ED’s communication. He had filed the writ petition in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on November 24, 2025 but it was transferred to the principal seat in Chennai.
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