V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN, J.

On a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, directly on the file of the Supreme Court by the Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum, seeking appropriate reliefs for the prevention, control and abolition of pollution caused in the Palar river bed by industries, the Supreme Court passed an order on 28.8.1996 (reported in 1996 (5) SCC 647), directing the Central Government to constitute an Authority under Section 3(3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

2. In accordance with the said direction, the Central Government constituted an Authority known as the Loss of Ecology Authority. For the past 20 years, this Authority has been functioning on and off, entertaining the claim petitions from the farmers seeking compensation for the damage caused to their agricultural fields. The main writ petition W.P.(Civil) No.914 of 1991, in which the Supreme Court passed the above order, now stands transferred to this Court in W.P.No.13433 of 1996.

3. It is pertinent to note here that the National Green Tribunal was constituted by the Central Government, under