Serial No. 01 HIGH COURT OF MEGHALAYA Daily List AT SHILLONG PIL No. 2 of 2025 Date of order: 29.04.2025 Registrar General, High Court of Meghalaya …Appellant - versus -

State of Meghalaya represented by the Chief Secretary, Government of Meghalaya.

…Respondent Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice I.P. Mukerji, Chief Justice Hon’ble Mr. Justice W. Diengdoh, Judge Appearance:

For the Petitioner : -

For the Respondent : Mr. A. Kumar, AG with Ms. R. Colney, GA Dr. N. Mozika, DSGI with Ms. K. Gurung, Adv.

i) Whether approved for Yes/No reporting in Law journals etc.:

ii) Whether approved for publication Yes in press:

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JUDGMENT: (per the Hon’ble, the Chief Justice) (Oral)

This public interest litigation was started pursuant to an order dated 11^th December, 2024 by the Supreme Court. It requested us to initiate this litigation for the purpose of “ground truthing” of wetlands and identification of Ramsar sites amongst those waterbodies, in this State.

As explained by the learned Advocate General, not all waterbodies c