ORDER

1. This application filed by the respondent project proponent (PP) seeks review of order of this Tribunal dated 29.08.2022 in OA No. 124/2017(WZ), Arvind Mahajan & Ors. vs. M/s. Benzo Chem. Industries Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., requiring the PP to take remedial action for compliance of environmental norms and asking the statutory regulators to fix accountability for past violations, while fixing interim compensation on polluter pays principle.

2. The review application earlier came up for hearing before Members at Pune Bench but vide order dated 30.9.2022, the said Bench directed that the review application should be considered by all the Members who passed the order dated 29.8.2022. Accordingly, the matter is being dealt with by all the Members who were party to order dated 29.8.2022.

3. As the order would show, the Tribunal considered remedial action against damage to the environment by the operation of the PP in the light of material on record, particularly the stand of the State PCB. It was held that effluents were illegally discharged by the PP in the MIDC drain which adversely affected the environment and the fertility of agricultural land in the area. On testing of the water sampl