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3) Declare Bogapani Corridor which connects upper Dehing via Bogapani tea estates as forming part of the elephant corridor and issue notification in this regard.

4) Conduct a Survey of the elephant population in each state and consequently declare the area surrounding thereto as eco­sensitive zone.

5) Declare south Bramhaputra elephant ranges known as Dihing­Patkai Elephant reserve established on 17thApril, 2003 by project elephant as the elephant reserve/elephant corridor.

6) We Hereby restrain the Digboi Town Municipal Corporation from dumping municipal waste and garbage in Dithing­Patkai Elephant Reserve.

13) Respondent No. 1 to mandate before any proposed development within the established elephant habitat a prior wildlife clearance from the standing committee of the national board of wildlife is mandatory.

14) The Respondent No. 1 shall consult project elephant to specially assess the impact of development as part of EIA process an ensure such assessment under Section 36 (4) of the Bio Diversity Act.

15) We further direct the State Governments to constitute a State Level Committee comprising of Senior Officers headed by the Chief Conservator of Forest to conduct survey of the elephant population in each district in the State and demarcate the area of their habitation.

16) In the first instance the committee shall complete survey within a period of one year and submit the report to the Core Committee.

17) The Core Committee shall be constituted by the Central Government through Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Chang to be headed by officer not below the rank of Additional or Joint Secretary in the Ministry who shall examine the report received from each State and to recommend declaration of area inhabited by the elephants as elephant reserve or elephant corridors by the Central Governmentan elephant reserve.

18) The core committee shall recommend to the Central Government further action in the matter relating to protection of elephants, declaration of elephant corridors, elephant reserves and for such other direction as may be necessary to fulfil the recommendation as contained in the Gajah (The Report of the Elephant Task Force).

19) The State level Committee and Core Committee shall submit its report to the Tribunal within a period of one year from now and the Applicant will be entitled to approach this Tribunal for further direction as the circumstances may require.” It manifests from the record that the Tribunal made certain directions for necessary compliance by the stakeholders, including the Central Government, the State Government and their respective agencies, primarily with a view to protect the elephant population and their conservation reserves.