ORDER

1. In this original application, the plea of the Applicant is that on 20.02.2023, serial blasts of firecracker explosives took place in the illegal firecracker factory/godown operated by Respondents no. 5 and 6 situated at Mohalla Kanoon Goyan, Panchayat Dharmashala, Roorkee, District Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The Applicant is claiming compensation under Sections 15 and 17 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (for short, “NGT Act”) for the death and injury of the following persons in that incident:

(i) Arman aged 15 years (son of Applicant no.1- Rafeek Ahamad)

(ii) Adnan aged 13 years (son of Applicant no.2- Sagir Ahamad)

(iii) Naushad (son of Khurshid)- and brother of Applicant no. 3 (both parents of Naushad are pre deceased)

(iv) Saddam (son of Nasarat Hussain and Applicant no. 4(mother)) Further 2 persons got severely injured:

(i) Neeraj (son of Chatarpal)

(ii) Suraj (son of Rajkumar)

2. The case of the Applicant is that Arman and Adnan were the helping hands of the family of Applicants Nos. 1 and 2, who used to work at the factory of Respondents Nos. 5 and 6. However, the true nature of the work undertaken by the Respondents Nos 5 and 6 was misrepresented and concealed from the