JUDGMENT :

S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

1. Special leave granted in SLP (C) No. 12945/2018. In all these appeals, all respondents were served and had entered appearance. The original applicant before the National Green Tribunal (hereafter ‘NGT’) too had been served; an affidavit was filed on his behalf. He was however, not represented on the date of hearing. With consent of counsel for the parties, all appeals were heard finally.

2. These appeals, under Section 22 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (hereafter ‘NGT Act’) and appeals by special leave¹ [Against order dated 10.7.2018 in W.P. No. 3484/2018 (PIL) of the Madhya Pradesh High Court], question various orders² [Dated 17.02.2016 in O.A. No. 100/2015; dated 19.04.2016 in R.A. No. 3/2016; dated 21.09.2020 in O.A. No. 17/2018; dated 18.11.2020 in R.A. No. 8 and 9/2020 and order dated 25.11.2020 in M.A. Nos. 9, 11 and 14/2020] of the National Green Tribunal which directed that the Nagar Palika Parishad, Mandsaur (hereafter ‘Parishad’) should desist from granting sanction to develop and construct properties in the vicinity of the “Teliya Talab” (hereafter ‘talab’) a man-made lake or reservoir in the city of Mandsaur.

3. The original appl