Dehradun, July 26 -- It may be reminded here that this particular case has witnessed involvement of multiple agencies of the Centre as well as the state government in the investigation. Both the state and national investigative agencies are jointly probing a matter of big environmental and administrative significance.

It may also be reminded that the CBI's prosecution request was submitted in April and, ideally, the sanction to file the chargesheet should have already been granted. However, there is a provision that stipulates a mandatory decision within four months. If the government fails to respond by the end of August, it would be deemed that the CBI has been granted permission to proceed under the rule of deemed sanction.

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