Jharkhand high court today said the director (Income Tax-Investigation), who is probing the multi-crore scam allegedly involving ex-chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates, should continue in his current post till further orders.
Admitting a PIL seeking a stay on the IT officer Ujjwal Choudhary's transfer till the conclusion of the probe, the bench of chief justice Gyan Sudha Mishra and justice R R Prasad said he should continue in his post till further direction.
The bench had on March 16 asked the officer to continue till March 30.
A social activist, Durga Oraon had on February 24 filed a PIL when Choudhary was among the 29 officers to be transferred during internal transfer/postings of the Income Tax department on February 19.
Oraon claimed that the transfer might affect the investigation into the multi-crore scam.
Choudhary was in Chaibasa overseeing country-wide raids when he got the transfer orders.
The I-T had on October 31 stumbled upon the Rs 2,000 crore alleged illegal investments and hawala transaction during country-wide raids conducted, including at the premises of Koda and his associates.
