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Supreme Court - Daily Orders

M.C. Mehta vs Union Of India on 11 February, 2025

Author: Abhay S. Oka

Bench: Abhay S. Oka

     ITEM NO.49                   COURT NO.4                         SECTION PIL-W

                         S U P R E M E C O U R T O F           I N D I A
                                 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

     Writ Petition(s)(Civil)      No(s).     13381/1984

     M.C. MEHTA                                                        Petitioner(s)

                                            VERSUS

     UNION OF INDIA & ORS.                                             Respondent(s)

     [TO BE TAKEN UP AT 3.00 P.M.] .............
     (1) IA NO. 99054 AND 99055/2024 (APPLNS.                    FOR      PERMISSION    AND
     EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON B/O UPSIDA)

     (2) IA NO. 28613, 28614 AND 172340/2024 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT,
     PERMISSIONS AND ADD. DOCUMENTS ON B/O NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF
     INDIA)

     (3) IA NO. 31946/2024        (APPLN.     FOR       PERMISSION   ON    B/O    OF   NORTH
     CENTRAL RAILWAY, AGRA)

     (4) IA NOS. 171142/2019 AND 74770, 74771/2024 (APPLNS. FOR
     DIRECTIONS, PERMISSION TO FILE REJOINDER AND EXEMPTION FOR O.T. ON
     B/O AGRA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION)

     (5) IA NO. 176773/2024         (APPLN.       FOR    INTERVENTION      ON    B/O   UTTAR
     PRADESH JAL NIGAM)

     (6) IA NO. 64225/2022 (APPLN. FOR CLARIFICATION ON BEHALF OF ARUN
     KR. GUPTA)

     (7) IA NOS. 20616, 20617/2020 (APPLNS. FOR INTERVENTION AND
     DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF ARUN KR. GUPTA) AND I.A. NO. 22551 OF 2025
     (APPLN. FOR MODIFICATION)

     (8) IA NO. 376/2003 AND 389/2001 (APPLNS. FOR DIRECTIONS FILED BY
     AMICUS CURIAE)

     (9) IA NOS. 387/2000 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS FILED BY AMICUS CURIAE)
     (10) IA NOS. 478 AND 479/2008 (APPLNS. FOR DIRECTIONS FILED BY
     PETITIONER-IN-PERSON)

     (11) IA NOS. 281016, 281017 AND 281019 OF 2024 (APPLNS FOR
     INTERVENTION, DIRECTIONS AND O.T. ON BEHALF OF SUPER GLASS WORK)

     (12) CEC REPORT NO. 17 AND CEC REPORT NO. 34 OF 2024 IN CEC REPORT
Signature Not Verified


     NO. 17
Digitally signed by
ANITA MALHOTRA
Date: 2025.02.14
17:01:05 IST
Reason:




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(13) IA NO. 108684/2023 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF GOVT.
OF U.P.)

(14) IA NO. 116768/2018 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTION ON B/O GANGA GLASS
INDUSTRIES AND ORS.)

(15) IA NO. 237739 AND 237765/2024 (APPLN. FOR IMPLEADMENT AND
DIRECTIONS ON B/O RAM AUTAR)

(16) IA D NO. 262456 AND 262458/2024 (APPLN. FOR INTERVENTION AND
O.T. EXEMTION ON B/O DR. SHARD GUPTA)

(17) IA NO. 259776 AND 270196/2024 (APPLNS. FOR DIRECTION AND
EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON B/O SAROJINI NAIDU MEDICAL COLLEGE)

(18) IA NO.72045, 72048 AND 72049 OF 2024 (APPLN. FOR IMPLEADMENT,
PERMISSION TO FELL TREES AND O.T.)

“ONLY” IN W.P. (C) NO. 13381/1984 ARE LISTED. “ONLY” NAMES OF THE
FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE LIST.
PETITIONER-IN-PERSON MR. A.D.N. RAO, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. AMRISH
KUMAR, MR. M.K. MARORIA, MR. G.S. MAKKER, MR. VIJAY PANJWANI, MR.
ANKIT GOEL, KAMLENDRA MISHRA, ADVOCATES (1) MR. SHISHIR DESHPANDE,
(2) M. V. KINI AND ASSOCIATES, (3)      MR. AMRISH KUMAR, (4)    MR.
E. C. AGRAWALA, MR. N. VISAKAMURTHY, MR. PUSHKAR SHARMA, (5)     MR.
PUSHKAR SHARMA (6) MR. RAJKUMARI BANJU, MR. PRAVEEN SWARUP, (7) MS.
RAJ KUMARI BANJU, MR. SATYA RAM SHARMA, MR. PRASHANT, MR. PRAVEEN
SWARUP, MS. SHWETA SHARMA, MR. SHANTANU BANSAL, MR. SUDEEP KUMAR,
(11) MS. ANJU THOMAS, (12)    MR. KAMLENDRA MISHRA, MR. SAURABH
MISRA, MR. M.K. MARORIA, MR. GUNTRUR PRAMOD KUMAR, MR. CHITRANSHUL
A. SINHA MR. VIVEK NARAYAN SHARMA, MR. PUSHKAR SHARMA, M.V. KINI
AND ASSOCIATES, MR. L.R. SINGH MS. RAJ KUMARI BANJU M/S. MEHARIA
AND COMPANY (13)    MR. MANOJ K. MISHRA, (14)     MS.         SUPRIYA
JUNEJA, MR. N. L. GANAPATHI, (15) MR. AJIT SHARMA,(16)MR. ANSUL
GUPTA, (17)    MR. KAMLENDRA MISHRA, (18)    MR.    RACHIT    MITTAL,
ANKIT GOEL

Date : 11-02-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :
          HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA
          HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN


                   Mr. A.D.N.Rao,Sr.Adv. (Amicus Curiae)
                   Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury,Adv.




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For the parties:
                   Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
                   Ms. Ruchi Kohli,Sr.Adv.
                   Mr. Shivika Mehra, Adv.
                   Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv.
                   Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv.
                   Mr. T.S Sabarish, Adv.
                   Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
                   Ms. Aastha Singh, Adv.
                   Ms. Rajeshwari Shankar, Adv.
                   Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv.
                   Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
                   Mr. Aaditya Dixit, Adv.
                   Mr. Kartikeya Asthana, Adv.
                   Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
                   Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
                   Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
                   Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv.

                   Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
                   Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv.
                   Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv.
                   Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR

                   Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
                   Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv.
                   Ms. Saloni Jagga, Adv.
                   Mr. Tavinder Sidhu, Adv.
                   For M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR

                   Mr. A N S Nadkarni, Sr. Adv.
                   Ms. Shweta Sharma, AOR
                   Mr. Diggaj Pathak, Adv.
                   Ms. Vaibhavi Pathak, Adv.

                   Mr. A N S Nadkarni, Sr. Adv.
                   Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv.
                   Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR
                   Ms. Pooja Tripathi, Adv.
                   Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
                   Mr. Abhishek Verma, Adv.

                   Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv., A.A.G.
                   Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR
                   Mr. Harshit Singhal, Adv.

                   Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. A.A.G.
                   Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR
                   Mr. Divyanshu Sahay,Adv.
                   Ms. Manisha, Adv.
                   Ms. Rupali, Adv.


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Mr. Gopal Sankarnarayanan,Sr.Adv.
Mr. Nipun Saxena,Adv.
Ms. Anju Thomas, AOR
Ms. Muskan Surana,Adv.
Mr. Tushar Srivastava,Adv.
Mr. Saurav Joon,Adv.
Ms. Mehreen Garg,Adv.
Ms. Aadya Pandey,Adv.
Ms. Trisha Chandran,Adv.
Ms. Tanya Srivastava,Adv.

Ms. Aparna Bhat, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Banju, AOR
Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Agarwal,AAG
Mr. Pushkar Sharma, AOR
Ms. Nagma Bee, Adv.
Mr. Prabhakar Singh,Adv.
Mr. Jyoti,Adv.

Mr. Arjun Nanda, AOR
Mr. Sarthak Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Pritee Singh, Adv.
Ms. Dimple Sirohi, Adv.

Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR
Mr. Tamim Qadri, Adv.
Mr. Saeed Qadri, Adv.
Mr. Saahil Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Pinaki Misra, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR
Mr. Vaibhav Maheshwari, Adv.
Mr. Solanki Das, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Avana, Adv.
Mr. Gagan Jaglan, Adv.

Mrs. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Ardhendumauli, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vivek Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ashu Tomar, Adv.
Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR

Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR
Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv.



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Mr. Kishan Chand Jain, Adv.
Mr. Ashwini Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR

Petitioner-in-person

Applicant-in-person

Mr. Atishi Dipankar, AOR

Mr. Ankur Prakash, AOR

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR

Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Kanchan Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Ravinder Sungh, Adv.
Mr. Bijender Singh Gautam, Adv.
For M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR

Mrs. Rachana Joshi Issar, AOR

Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Nandani Gupta, Adv.
Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR

Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR

Mr. Rajiv Tyagi, AOR

Mr. Ajay K. Agrawal, AOR

Mr. Shiv Prakash Pandey, AOR

Mr. Sudhir Kulshreshtha, AOR

Mr. P. K. Manohar, AOR

Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv.

Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR

Mr. P. Narasimhan, AOR

M/S. Manoj Swarup And Co., AOR

Mr. Badri Prasad Singh, AOR



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Dr. Sumant Bharadwaj, Adv.
Mr. Vedant Bharadwaj, Adv.
Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj, AOR
Mr. D.M.Sharma, Adv.

M/S.   Meharia & Company, AOR

Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR

Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR

Mr. Adarsh Tripathi , AOR

Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR

Mr. Chitranshul A. Sinha, AOR

Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AOR
Mr. Shrimay Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Nirbhaya Shankar Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh Chander, Adv.

Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR
Mrs. Rajshri Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. H.B. Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Amit P. Shahi, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Shashi Bhushan Nagar, Adv.
Mr. Manish Dhingra, Adv.
Mrs. Sona Khan, Adv.
Mr. Sumant Akram Khan, Adv.
Mr. Rajendra Anbhule, Adv.

Mr. Ankur Prakash, AOR

Ms. Rupali Panwar, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. U M Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Arun Mishra, AOR

Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR

M/S. Gsl Chambers, AOR



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Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR
Ms. Shruti Priya Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Mahima Bhardwaj Kaluch, Adv.
Mr. Rajeev Kumar Jha, Adv.
Mrs. Mukteshwari Shukla, Adv.

Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR

Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR

Dr. Rajeev Sharma, AOR

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. Saksham Maheshwari , AOR

Mr. Shantanu Krishna, AOR
Mr. Ankit Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Choudhary, Adv.
Ms. Shraddha Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Seshatalpa Sai Bandaru, AOR

Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR
Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Abhinav Agrawal, AOR

Mr. Abhijit Banerjee, AOR

Mr. Prashant, AOR

Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR
Mr. Shubham Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Mansi Bachani, Adv.

Ms. Saroj Tripathi, AOR

Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR
Mr. Bheem Pratap Singh, Adv.
Ms. Rajshree Rai, Adv.
Mr. Vinay Rai, Adv.
Ms. Pooja Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. Madhulika, Adv.
Ms. Vuzmal Nehru, Adv.
Mr. Anand Kumar Rai, Adv.

Mr. Abhinav Shrivastava, AOR



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Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, AOR

Mr. Anshul Gupta, AOR
Ms. Kirti Dua, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Kaushik, Adv.
Mr. Rishabh Darira, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Shandilkar, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Tainguriya, Adv.

Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Satya Kam Sharma, AOR
Mr. Akshay Dev, Adv.
Mr. Mansi Bachani, Adv.
Ms. Gitanjali Sanyal, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Rishabh Rana, Adv.
Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Chaudhary, AOR

Mr. N. L. Ganapathi, AOR

Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, AOR
Mr. Shalen Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Virender Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Garima Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Lakshmi, Adv.
Ms. Banisha Verma, Adv.

Mr. Anurag Kishore, AOR

Mr. Rachit Mittal, AOR
Mr. Anup Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Parish Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Kanishk Raj, Adv.
Mr. Adarsh Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR

Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR

Mr. Kavin Gulati,Sr.Adv.
Mr. Shantanu Bansal, AOR




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        UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
                           O R D E R

IA NO. 99054 AND 99055/2024 (APPLNS. FOR PERMISSION AND EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON B/O UPSIDA)

1. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has sought time of six weeks to submit a report.

2. We grant time to the CEC till 21st March, 2025 to submit a report. The report will be considered as and when the case is listed after 21st March, 2025. IA NO. 28613, 28614 AND 172340/2024 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT, PERMISSIONS AND ADDL. DOCUMENTS ON B/O NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA)

3. In terms of the earlier order of this Court, Report No.1 of 2025 dated 21st January, 2025 has been submitted by the CEC. In the application, a prayer was made by the applicant-National Highway Authority of India seeking permission for felling of 805 trees in Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) for development of six-lane (Greenfield) Access- Controlled National Highway between Agra and Gwalior.

4. This is one more instance of several such instances which we have noticed. The public authorities seek permission to fell large number of trees, though actual felling of so many trees is not required. Practically, in case of every application made in Taj Trapezium area as well as in Delhi (in other Public Interest Litigation), we have noticed this tendency. Therefore, a direction was issued to the CEC to cause site visit to be made and to verify whether felling of so many trees is 9 really required. It is the constitutional duty of all public authorities to save and protect as many trees as possible. Therefore, when applications are made seeking permission for felling of trees, the public authorities have to be very meticulous and they should not apply for felling of more trees than necessary. Paragraph 7 of the report contains recommendations of the CEC where the CEC has recommended to grant permission for felling of 650 trees and translocation of 109 trees standing on the road side and falling in the TTZ subject to various conditions such as undertaking compensatory afforestation with indigenous species by planting 9000 trees of indigenous species on already identified non-forest land at the cost of the applicant-NHAI.

5. The learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the applicant-NHAI fairly states that the conditions in paragraph 7 are acceptable to the authority.

6. In large number of cases, we have noticed that if permission to fell trees is granted before the compensatory afforestation is made, the order regarding compensatory afforestation is not implemented in its true letter and spirit. Therefore, in real sense, the loss to the environment is not compensated.

7. Therefore, we direct the applicant-NHAI to first comply with condition (a) incorporated in paragraph 7 and file an affidavit to that effect and a copy of which shall be supplied by the applicant to the CEC. The CEC 10 will examine the compliance and submit a report to this Court. Actual tree felling and translocation of trees will be permitted by this Court only after this Court is satisfied that a substantial compliance with the condition in clause (a) of paragraph 7 has been made.

8. The applications will remain pending only for that purpose.

IA NO. 31946/2024 (APPLN. FOR PERMISSION ON B/O OF NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY, AGRA)

9. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has sought time of six weeks to submit a report.

10. We grant time to the CEC till 21st March, 2025 to submit a report. The report will be considered as and when the case is listed after 21st March, 2025. IA NOS. 171142/2019 AND 74770, 74771/2024 (APPLNS. FOR DIRECTIONS, PERMISSION TO FILE REJOINDER AND EXEMPTION FOR O.T. ON B/O AGRA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION)

11. After having perused this Court's order dated 25th November, 2024 and the affidavits dated 20th January, 2025 and 22nd January, 2025, we find that there is no compliance made with the aforesaid order dated 25th November, 2024.

12. A serious issue of removal of silt, sludge and garbage upto 5 to 6 meters in river Yamuna has been raised and after considering the report of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand directions were issued on 25th November, 2024. 11

13. Place these applications on 18th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m.

14. The Managing Director of the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (UPJN) shall remain present before the Court on the next date through video conferencing. One week before the next date, he will file his personal affidavit reporting compliance with this Court's order dated 25th November, 2024. If according to the case of the UPJN, assistance of any other authority is required to comply with the order dated 25th November, 2024, we permit the UPJN to file an application and seek an appropriate direction in that behalf.

IA NO. 176773/2024 (APPLN. FOR INTERVENTION ON B/O UTTAR PRADESH JAL NIGAM)

15. List on 18th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m. IA NO. 64225/2022 (APPLN. FOR CLARIFICATION ON BEHALF OF ARUN KR. GUPTA)

16. By letter dated 22nd January, 2025, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has sought time of three months to submit a report.

17. We accordingly grant time of three months from 22nd January, 2025. The NEERI be informed accordingly.

18. Our attention is invited to this Court's order dated 25th November, 2024 passed on this application and, in particular, what is directed in paragraph 18. If the TTZ has not complied with the said order, they shall comply with the same within a period of three weeks from today.

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19. This application shall be listed on 18th March, 2025 for considering compliance with the order dated 25th November, 2024.

IA NOS. 20616, 20617/2020 (APPLNS. FOR INTERVENTION AND DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF ARUN KR. GUPTA) AND I.A. NO. 22551 OF 2025 (APPLN. FOR MODIFICATION)

20. Implementation/compliance with this Court's order dated 14th October, 2024 will have to be examined which shall be done on 18th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m.

21. These applications have been filed seeking permission for permitting setting up of Micro, Small and Medium industries. Even these applications shall be considered on 18th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m. IA NO. 376/2003 AND 389/2001 (APPLNS. FOR DIRECTIONS FILED BY AMICUS CURIAE) IA NOS. 387/2000 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS FILED BY AMICUS CURIAE) IA NOS. 478 AND 479/2008 (APPLNS. FOR DIRECTIONS FILED BY PETITIONER-IN-PERSON)

22. These applications shall be listed on 26th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m.

23. If counter/reply/affidavits are not filed as yet, the same shall be filed one week before the next date. No further time shall be granted.

IA NOS. 281016, 281017 AND 281019 OF 2024 (APPLNS FOR INTERVENTION, DIRECTIONS AND O.T. ON BEHALF OF SUPER GLASS WORK)

24. Copies of these applications be provided to the CEC.

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25. We grant time of eight weeks to the CEC to submit a report containing its recommendations on these applications. As soon as the report is received, appropriate date will be fixed for hearing of these applications.

CEC REPORT NO. 17 AND CEC REPORT NO. 34 OF 2024 IN CEC REPORT NO. 17

26. We have carefully perused the report and recommendations contained therein. As regards the first recommendation in paragraph 28, there is no difficulty in accepting the same and we accept the same. We are informed that the module prepared by the CEC is already functional. We accept the second recommendation. Details of instances of illegal felling in TTZ areas from 2015-2024 have been incorporated in Annexure R-1. To begin with, in the cases in which there is an illegal felling of 100 or more trees, the TTZ will issue notice to the persons responsible for illegal felling of trees and call upon them to show cause why penalty as indicated in paragraph 16 of this report should not be imposed. After giving them an opportunity of being heard, penalty shall be imposed in terms of paragraph 16 of the report. In the event any of the persons on whom penalty is imposed have any grievance, they are free to file application/s before this Court. After completion of exercise as regards the cases where more than 100 trees 14 are involved, the TTZ will take up the cases where illegal cutting of 50 or 100 is involved and follow the same procedure. We are conscious of the fact that this process will take time. However, the TTZ will have to comply with the directions at the earliest. The TTZ will file first compliance report regarding compliance with this direction by end of March, 2025 which will be considered on immediately next date.

27. As regards recommendation Nos. 3 and 4, the issue will have to be considered along with the issue of implementation of the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Protection of Trees Act, 1976. These suggestion Nos. 2, 3 and 4 will be considered when we consider the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Protection of Trees Act, 1976 on 5th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m. IA NO. 108684/2023 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF GOVT. OF U.P.)

28. List on 5th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m. IA NO. 259776 AND 270196/2024 (APPLNS. FOR DIRECTION AND EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON B/O SAROJINI NAIDU MEDICAL COLLEGE)

29. These applications will be considered along with Report No.32 on 5th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m. IA NO.72045, 72048 AND 72049 OF 2024 (APPLN. FOR IMPLEADMENT, PERMISSION TO FELL TREES AND O.T.)

30. These applications are referred to the CEC. Copies of these applications be provided to the CEC. 15

31. We grant time of eight weeks to the CEC to submit a report containing its recommendations on these applications. As soon as the report is received, appropriate date will be fixed for hearing of these applications.

IA NO. 116768/2018 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTION ON B/O GANGA GLASS INDUSTRIES AND ORS.)

32. List on 25th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m. IA NO. 237739 AND 237765/2024 (APPLN. FOR IMPLEADMENT AND DIRECTIONS ON B/O RAM AUTAR)

33. List on 25th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m. IA D NO. 262456 AND 262458/2024 (APPLN. FOR INTERVENTION AND O.T. EXEMPTION ON B/O DR. SHARD GUPTA)

34. List on 25th March, 2025 at 3.00 p.m. (ANITA MALHOTRA) (AVGV RAMU) AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER 16