NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE vs UNION OF INDIA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 429

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL CHENNAI (SOUTHERN ZONE BENCH)
Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member, Satyagopal Korlapati, Expert Member
NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE – Respondent

Advocates:
For Applicant(s): Suo Motu
For Respondent(s): Mrs. Me. Sarashwathy for R1, Mrs. H. Yasmeen Ali for R2 R3 R7 & R9, Mr. D. Sreenivasan and Mr. V. Jaiharisudhan for R4, Mr. T. Sai Krishnan for R5 R6 & R8, M/s. M.V. Durga Prasad B. Venkateswara Rao M. Surender Reddy for R10 & R11, M/s. S. Kamalesh Kannan S. Sai Sathya Jith Gayathri Devi & Aarti R Mundhra for R12 to R18

Table of Content
1. suo motu initiation on lake encroachment news. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. revenue records confirm patta lands, no tank. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11)
3. reports confirm encroachments and pollution. (Para 12 , 13 , 14)
4. objections upheld; no lake per records. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25)
5. restore nallah; application closed. (Para 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34)

JUDGEMENT

Delivered by Smt. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member

1. The above case has been Suo Motu registered by this Tribunal based on the news item published in The Hindu dated 06.12.2020 titled, “Lake encroachment in full swing at Mazid Banda”

2. It is alleged in the newspaper report that Mazid Banda Cheruvu is a notified lake in 2014 and as per the Full Tank Level (FTL) demarcated in the map, the lake extent is 12.52 acres. Large scale encroachment is being done into the lake area by miscreants apart from dumping waste in that area. Large scale construction is also going on inside the lake area thereby, reducing the catchment area of the lake which is likely to affect the environment.

3. It is also alleged in the report that as per the irrigation recor

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2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 429

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL CHENNAI (SOUTHERN ZONE BENCH)Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member, Satyagopal Korlapati, Expert MemberNATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE – AppellantVersusUNION OF INDIA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE – Respondent

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL CHENNAI (SOUTHERN ZONE BENCH)
Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member, Satyagopal Korlapati, Expert Member
NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE – Respondent