(1) I.A. No. 580 Consequent to the seizure of the railway wagons show cause notice dated 6th July, 2000 had been issued to the applicant by the investigating team. The applicant has chosen not to file a reply to the said show cause notice, as according to Mr. Rohtagi, present application has been filed. In our view, it is more appropriate that the questions of fact involved in this application are decided by the S.I.T. who have issued the aforesaid show cause notice. Counsel for the the applicant wants ten days time to file reply to the show cause notice. We grant three weeks time to reply to the show cause notice. On the reply being filed the S.I.T. will, after giving reasonable opportunity to the applicant of being heard and producing evidence if necessary, take a decision within four weeks thereafter. This I.A. is disposed of.

(2) A. No. 604. This is an application seeking modification of the directions issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests with regard to movement of timber through railways from North Eastern States. If there is any difficulty felt by any consignor with regard to the applicability of the said guidelines, it is open to the consignor, l