CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has questioned the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) over the 19-month delay in seeking the union government's sanction to prosecute two IAS officers accused in the tender irregularities case against former minister SP Velumani.

The DVAC had registered a case alleging irregularities worth Rs 98.25 crore in awarding contracts for various works in Chennai and Coimbatore Corporation when Velumani served as the Minister for Municipal Administration in the previous AIADMK regime.

Subsequently, anti-graft organisation Arappor Iyakkam filed a contempt petition against the DVAC for failing to comply with an earlier court order directing it to file the charge sheet in the case.

When the matter came up for hearing before Justice N Anand Venkatesh,

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