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NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL PUNE (WESTERN ZONE BENCH)
Dinesh Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, Vijay Kulkarni, Expert Member
Goa Foundation – Appellant
Versus
State of Goa – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. challenges to conversion and construction permissions. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. unauthorized tree felling and flawed forest delisting. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 3. prior rulings upheld rc-ii methodology. (Para 13 , 14 , 15 , 16) |
| 4. respondents deny forest status; limitation argued. (Para 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 5. area fails contiguity and size criteria. (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25) |
| 6. supreme court affirms scientific forest identification. (Para 26 , 27 , 28 , 29) |
| 7. application dismissed as non-maintainable. (Para 30 , 31 , 32) |
JUDGMENT
1. This Original Application has been filed with following prayers:
“(i) An order be issued quashing the Conversion Sanad dated 21.09.2021;
(ii) An order be passed quashing the TCP Technical Clearance dated08.11.2021;
(iii) An order be passed quashing the Construction License dated19.01.2022;
(iv) A direction be issued to the respondents to implement the Forest Department‟s order dated 07.05.2020 and to restore the trees standing on the plots in question.”
2. The facts of this case, in brief, are as follows:
3. Survey No.128 of Assagao village, Bardez Taluka is a part of a large contiguous patch of private forest. As per the Thomas C
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