1. The State of Telangana has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to declare the order passed by the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi (NGT for short) in O.A. No. 372 of 2017 dated 05.10.2017, as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to Section 4 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (hereinafter called the 2010 Act) and Rules 3 and 5 of the National Green Tribunal (Practices and Procedure) Rules, 2011 (hereinafter called the 2011 Rules) and to set aside the same.

2. The interim order, initially passed by the Principal Bench of the NGT on 05.10.2017, records that the Learned Counsel for the applicant and the contesting respondents were heard regarding the interim relief; however as the Expert member, who was part of the composition of the bench, was demitting office on 08.10.2017 and considering all circumstances and urgency in the matter for the detailed reasons that would follow, they were pronouncing the operative portion of the interim order which reads thus:

"For the detailed reasons to follow:

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