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more-inThe Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday stayed a State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) proceedings initiated against two forest officials. With the temple located in the core of the reserve forest and in order to avoid human-animal conflict, the tourist influx should be regulated, they said. Allowing private vehicles and pitching tents within the reserve forest would disturb the quiet habitat. A Division Bench of Justices T.
Raja and Krishnan Ramasamy granted an interim injunction against the proceedings and directed notice to SHRC. The petitioners, R.
Kanchana and A.Venkatesh, both former forest officials, complained that a false allegation was levelled against them while they were working at Kalakkad and Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in Tirunelveli district..