Ajayveer Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh - 2025 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 1566

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2025 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 1566

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)
Prakash Shrivastava, Chairperson, Sudhir Agarwal, Judicial Member, A. Senthil Vel, Expert Member
Ajayveer Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent

For the Appellants/Petitioners:
For the Respondents:Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, Senior Advocate with Mr. Saumitra Jaiswal, Mr. Rohit Sthalekar, Mr. Surya Gupta and Ms. Anukriti Bajpai, Advocates for Respondent No. 6
Ms. Suhasini Sen, Ms. Masooma Rizvi and Ms. Surbhi, Advocates for MoEF&CC
Ms. Priyanka Swami, Advocate for SEIAA UP
Mr. Mukesh Verma and Ms. Vatsala Tripathi, Advocates for DM, Baghpat
Mr. Amit Shukla, Mr. Amit Kumar, Mr. Atul Mishra and Mr. Chaitanya Kansra, Advocates for UPPCB

Table of Content
1. challenge to illegal sand mining auctions without dsr. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 10)
2. prior ec mandatory; dsr and replenishment study required. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9)
3. respondents claim dsr amendments and ec approvals. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24)
4. locus standi and limitation upheld for applicant. (Para 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34)
5. oa falls under section 15 ngt act; within limitation. (Para 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47)
6. mining leases lack valid dsr approval. (Para 48 , 49 , 50 , 51)
7. eia 2006 mandates prior ec procedure. (Para 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68)
8. eia amendments enforce dsr and ec requirements. (Para 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82)
9. dsr approval by eiaa mandatory for validity. (Para 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89)
10. ssmg-2016/emgsm-2020 require valid dsr. (Para 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104)
11. supreme court/ngt affirm dsr as ec prerequisite. (Para 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ,

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2025 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 1566

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)Prakash Shrivastava, Chairperson, Sudhir Agarwal, Judicial Member, A. Senthil Vel, Expert MemberAjayveer Singh – AppellantVersusState of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent

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NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)
Prakash Shrivastava, Chairperson, Sudhir Agarwal, Judicial Member, A. Senthil Vel, Expert Member
Ajayveer Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent