JUDGMENT

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

1. This Original Application (hereinafter referred to as ‘OA’) has been filed under Section 14 and 15 (b) (c) read with Section 18 (1) (2) of National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as ‘NGT Act 2010’) by Adil Ansari, claiming himself a spirited person, concerned with environmental degradation and pollution allegedly caused by respondent 1 i.e. M/s. C. L. Gupta Exports Pvt. Ltd., 18 km. Stone, Delhi road, Village Jivai, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as ‘Project Proponent i.e. PP’) alleging that it is a metal industry and in collusion with other respondents, namely Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘UPPCB’), Central Pollution Control Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘CPCB’), Central Ground Water Authority (hereinafter referred to as ‘CGWA’) and District Magistrate, Amroha, UP, by illegal extraction of ground water and discharge of untreated hazardous effluent waste water with solid wastes into open Kachha drains which ultimately fall in river Ram Ganga, a tributary of river Ganga, causing massive pollution and damaging environment.

2. Applicant has prayed