BANGALORE: The Supreme Court (SC) has pulled up Kerala officials for remarks and taking action against on-line and paper lotteries in the state while the matter has been pending before the court and hence sub-judice.
 
 
The chief secretary Babu Jacob, and three senior officials -secretary (Taxes), director general of police and the lotteries director are the officials who have been pulled up by the court and the chief secretary has been asked to present himself before the court on 17 January, whilst the other three have been exempted from a personal appearance before the court.
 
 
The on-line lottery operators had obtained a stay from the SC against a High Court Order banning the sale of other state lotteries in Kerala.
 
 
Playwin, one of the largest online lotteries in the country, belongs to the Zee group.