Guwahati, Nov. 12 -- Even as the Assam government told the Gauhati High Court on Thursday (November 12) that retired Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer M.K. Yadava would have no further role in the Forest Department, an official tour programme issued in his name on the same day scheduled him to attend Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's programme at Behali Wildlife Sanctuary.

The apparent contradiction raises questions over the authority under which Yadava issued the tour programme and continued to undertake official assignments after his contractual tenure as Special Chief Secretary (Forest) ended on November 11.

The Assam government informed the High Court on Thursday that it would not extend Yadava's contractual engagement as Speci...