India, Sept. 17 -- The Uttarakhand government has decided to grant sanction to prosecute former Corbett tiger reserve director in a case involving his alleged role in illegal felling of trees and unauthorised construction as part of the tiger safari project in the buffer zone of the Corbett tiger reserve.

The development comes after the state government was pulled up by the top court last week for denying sanction for prosecution of the Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Rahul (goes by one single name) in connection with the Corbett safari probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which named him an accused in its investigation report.

In its reply submitted to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, joint secretary Satyaprakash Singh i...