JUDGMENT :

B.N. Mahapatra, J. - The Petitioner, who claims to be a social activist and is engaged in taking up various grievances of the common people for securing redressal thereof, has filed this writ petition in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with a prayer for issuance of a direction to opposite party-State authorities to take immediate steps to ban all construction activities within the radius of 1 km around the boundaries of Nandan Kanan Wild Life Sanctuary and to prepare a comprehensive plan to sustain the fragile eco-system of the area and not to change the nature and status of the land.

2. Petitioner's case in a nutshell is that the construction activities undertaken in the vicinity of Nandan Kanan Wild Life Sanctuary are putting severe strain on the eco-system. Nandan Kanan Zoological Park is a popular tourist place/destination, which was established on 29th December, 1960. Every year thousands of tourists from inside and outside India are coming to visit the Zoo. During 41 years of its existence, the Zoological Park has bred a number of species of animals and kids. The most notables amongst them are Ghadials and White Tigers. Still large patches of forest