India, Oct. 15 -- The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday stayed the state government's prosecution sanction order against the former Corbett Tiger Reserve director in connection with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into illegal tree felling and unauthorised construction for the tiger safari project in the reserve's buffer zone.

The single bench of justice Ashish Naithani, while hearing the writ petition challenging the order on Wednesday, granted interim relief to the 2004-batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Rahul and said that the matter involves "significant questions" concerning the competence of the authority to review its earlier decision to decline sanction without any fresh material.

The court directed that...