के (cid:3)ीय सूचना आयोग Central Information Commission बाबा गंगनाथ माग(cid:18), मुिनरका

Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka नई िद(cid:24)ी, New Delhi – 110067 File No: Total 4 cases:

(1) CIC/MOENF/A/2024/635017 (2) CIC/MOENF/A/2024/637608 (3) CIC/MOENF/A/2024/639134 (4) CIC/MOENF/A/2024/643190 D Dhaya Devadas .….अपीलकता(cid:18)/Appellant VERSUS बनाम CPIO, Ministry of Environment & Forests & Climate Change, IA Division, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Vayu Wing, Jorbagh Road, New Delhi – 110003 ….(cid:29)ितवादीगण /Respondent Date of Hearing : 08.09.2025 Date of Decision : 16.09.2025 INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Vinod Kumar Tiwari The above-mentioned Second Appeals are clubbed together as the parties are common, and subject-matter is similar in nature and hence, they are disposed of through a common order.

(1) CIC/MOENF/A/2024/635017 Relevant facts emerging from appeal:

RTI application filed on : 04.01.2024 CPIO replied on : 05.02.2024 First appeal filed on : 04.05.2024 First Appellate Authority’s order : 13.05.2024 Compliance of FAA order : Not on record

2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 13.08.2024 Information sought:

1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 04.01.2024 (offline) seeking the following information:

“Sub: Request to kindly furnish certain vital information under RTI Act, 2005 related to the Special Team, headed by the then Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd, Mr. Sathyabratta Sahoo, IAS, appointed by the Govt. of Tamil Nadu vide the G.O. Ms. No. 41 dated 07.04.2017, based on High Court order dated 11.01.2017 in the pending Suo-Mottu PIL in W.P. No. 1592/2015 to quantify the unlawfully stored 7 Nos. Atomic Mineral Stocks in the premises of M/s. V.V. Mineral and their Associates and the said Special Team has submitted their report dated 18.04.2018 to the Hon'ble High Court on 24.04.2018 confirmed that the totally unlawfully stored 1.5 Crores MTs of Run of Mines, Semi-processed and Processed 7 Nos. of Atomic Minerals with rich Monazite, without any valid mining leases and manufactories by the said mafia groups, in connivance with concerned Central and State Government Department Officials - Reg., Ref: 1. The High Court Order dated 12.12.2013 in PIL Nos. W.P.(MD) No. 5549/2007 and 1233/2012 filed by our Federation and also undersigned seeking CBI enquiry covering the violations committed by M/s. V.V.

Minerals and their Associates.

2. The Govt. of Tamil Nadu constituted 2 Nos. Special Teams headed by the then Revenue Secretary Mr. Gagandeep Singh Bedi, I.A.S., vide G.O.Ms. No. 156 dated 08.08.2013 and 17.09.2013 based on the High Court Common Order dated 12.12.2013 in W.P. (MD) Nos. 5549/2007 & 1233/2012 to conduct inspection and enquiry based on the violations stated in the said 2 Nos. PILs filed by our Federation and the undersigned.

3. The said Special Teams have submitted report dated 17.09.2013 and 19.06.2017 to the Govt. of Tamil Nadu confirming that the entire violation stated in our Federation complaints and the affidavits filed in the said 2 PILs are true.

4. We submit that the PIL filed by our Federation member Prof. Dr. G. Victor Rajamanickam in W.P. No. 1592/2015 seeking SIT enquiry covering the unlawful mining of 7 Nos. Atomic Minerals in a big way after submission of the said 2 reports.

5. The Govt. of Tamil Nadu issued G.O. Ms. No. 179 dated 27.07.2015 forming the Taluk Level Committee, District Level Committee and State Level Appellate Forum to curb the illegal mining based on the High Court Order on the pending Suo-Mottu PIL.

6. The G.O.Ms. No. 41 dated 07.04.2017 to quantify the unlawfully stored Atomic Mineral stocks in the premises of M/s. V.V. Minerals and their Associates as per the High Court order in Suo-Mottu PIL.

7. The said Special Team Head Mr. Sathyabratta Sahoo, I.A.S., has submitted their report dated 18.04.2018 to the Hon'ble High Court on 24. 04.2018 confirming the total stocks of 1.5 Crores MTs of Run-of-Mines, processed and semi-processed Atomic Minerals