Mysore/Mysuru, April 14 -- In a significant development, IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri has secured interim relief from the Supreme Court, which has stayed a Karnataka High Court directive ordering sanction for an investigation into alleged irregularities during her tenure as Mysuru DC.

A Bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma, while hearing a special leave petition filed by Sindhuri, issued notices to the respondents - the State Government and advocate N.R. Ravichandregowda.

The Apex Court's order puts on hold the High Court's direction to the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms to grant permission to initiate a probe.

Sindhuri had challenged the High Court order and the Supreme Court, after hea...