1. Swami Vivekanda said, the Lord is the only Giver, all the Men in the World are only Shopkeepers. Get His Cheque and it must be honoured everywhere."

2. The lis on hand are filed questioning the validity of the order issued by the 1st respondent in G.O.Ms. No. 142, Public Works (R2) Department dated 23.07.2014. The order impugned is about the effective Management of Ground Water and Regulations for Management of Ground Water and issue of No Objection Certificate/Licence for Extraction of Ground Water in the State of Tamil Nadu. The categorization formulated by the Public Works Department in G.O.Ms. No. 52 dated 02.03.2012 has been approved by the Government and accordingly, the categorization of over-exploited, critical, semi-critical and safe blocks are notified. All the over-exploited and critical blocks are notified as category 'A' where Stage of Ground Water Extraction is 90% and above and all the semi-critical and safe blocks are notified as category 'B' where Stage of Ground Water Extraction is below 89%. The impugned order formulates Regulations for Management of Ground Water.

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