National Green Tribunal
News Item Titled "Activists Worried ... vs Department Of Rural Development And ... on 14 May, 2024
Author: Satyagopal Korlapati
Bench: Satyagopal Korlapati
Item No.04:
BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL
SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI
(Through Video Conference)
Original Application No.139 of 2024 (SZ)
IN THE MATTER OF:
Tribunal on its own motion SUO MOTU
based on the News Item in The Hindu,
Chennai edition, Newspaper dt:
28.04.2024, under the caption, "Activists
worried over garbage dumped on
Kodaikanal ghat road".
And
Department of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj,
Through its Principal Secretary,
Chennai and Ors.
...Respondent(s)
Date of hearing: 14.05.2024.
CORAM:
HON'BLE Smt. JUSTICE PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA, JUDICIAL MEMBER
HON'BLE Dr. SATYAGOPAL KORLAPATI, EXPERT MEMBER
For Applicant(s): Suo Motu.
For Respondent(s): Dr. D. Shanmuganathan for R1, R2, R4 & R5.
Mr. S. Sai Sathya Jith for R3.
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ORDER
1. Let notice be issued to the respondents through the Tribunal along with a copy of the newspaper report.
2. The learned counsels Dr. D. Shanmuganathan accepts notice on behalf of Respondents No.1, 2, 4, & 5 and Mr. S. Sai SathyaJith accepts notice on behalf of Respondent No.3.
3. Post the matter on 27.05.2024. Meanwhile, the respondents are directed to file their respective replies.
Sd/-
Smt. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JM Sd/-
Dr. Satyagopal Korlapati, EM O.A. No.139/2024(SZ) 14th May, 2024. AD.
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