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2025 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 738

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL KOLKATA (EASTERN ZONE BENCH)
MR. B. AMIT STHALEKAR, J, Dr. ARUN KUMAR VERMA, ACJ
Satrughan Meher – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. Sankar Prasad Pani, Advocate
For the Respondents:Mr. Satyabrata Mohanty, AGA for R-1, 2, 5 to 7, Mr. Dipanjan Ghosh, Advocate for R-3, Mr. Apurba Ghosh, Advocate for R-4, Ms. Rashhmi Singhee, Advocate for R-8, Mr. Ashok Prasad, Advocate for R-10, Mr. Ankur Upadhyay, Advocate for R-9 & 11

The allegation of the Applicant in the present Original Application is that the Respondent No.9, RSA Infra Project Private Limited, is executing the fourth Railway Line Track from Jharsuguda to Bilaspur for which earthbed has been constructed by excavating earth/morrum from various places including Khata No.59 Plot No.233/331, Khata No.60 Plot No.255/333, Khata No.1 Plot No.287/346.

2. It is stated that about 20 lakh cubic meters of morrum have been illegally lifted/extracted from various places in Jharsuguda. It is stated that the Applicant made a complaint to the Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resource Department, mentioning that one company, namely, Radheshyam Agarwal (RSA) Group, is continuously extracting soil and earth from the acquired area of the Hirakud Reservoir in Jamuapali and Singhabaga, Pudapali, IB and other villages illegally in connivance with local officials of the Irrigation Department.

3. It is alleged that illegal morrum mining has been carried out in the Revenue Forest land of different villages and trees have been felled by the Private Respondent for mining of morrum.

4. The details of the Khata number and Plot number of the land from where morrum and soil ar

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