BY HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR AGARWAL, JUDICIAL MEMBER

1. This Original Application (hereinafter referred to as ‘OA’) has been registered under Sections 14 and 15 of National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as ‘NGT Act 2010’) on a letter petition dated 25.05.2022 sent by Paldan Phunchog, Pradhan, Gram Panchayat Shallen, City Development Block, Post Office – Kalath, Tehsil – Manali, District – Kullu, State of Himachal Pradesh. He had made a complaint of illegal dumping of solid waste in Gram Panchayat area causing health hazards to the local residents. The complainant has said that the local residents of Gram Panchayat, Shallen are facing lot of problems due to foul smell and scattered waste lying in an area of two kilometers from the Waste Management Unit which has made lives of people, hell, and also causing health hazards for them. Within 15 to 100 meters of the Waste Management Unit, there are educational institutions like Saraswati Vidya Mandir, DAV School and Bodh Shiksha Sansthan where students and teachers, both are facing several problems due to illegal dumping of solid waste. On account of eating of decomposed garbage thrown on open land, cattle i