O R D E R

Judgment pronounced through Video Conference. The original application is disposed of with directions vide separate Judgment. Pending interlocutory application, if any, shall stand disposed of.

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Justice K. Ramakrishnan, JM Sd/-

Dr. Satyagopal Korlapati, EM O.A. No.75/2022 (SZ) 19th April 2022. Mn.

Item No.5:

BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI (Through Video Conference)

Original Application No. 75 of 2020 (SZ)

IN THE MATTER OF Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the news item published in The Hindu Newspaper dated 30.05.2020, “Kerala Forest Department told to permit sand removal from Pampa”

And

1. Chief Secretary of Kerala, Government Secretariat Central Stadium, Mahathma Gandhi Road, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695001

2. Principal Secretary, Department of Environment & Climate Change, Room No. 406 4th Floor Annex II, Secretariat, Thiruvanathapuram - 695 001.

3. Additional Chief Secretary of Forest and Wildlife, Room No. 660, 3rd Floor, South Block, Secretariat, Thiruvanathapuram - 695 001.

4. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force), Forest Headquarters, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram – 695014.

5. Director, Directorate of Mining