ORDER

1. Affidavit dated 28.04.2025 has been filed by the Respondent No.2, West Bengal Pollution Control Board; the same is taken on record.

2. Affidavit dated 28.04.2025 has been filed by the Respondent No.7, District Magistrate, District- Purba Medinipur; the same is taken on record.

3. Another affidavit dated 28.04.2025 has been filed by the Respondent No.7, District Magistrate, District- Purba Medinipur; the same is taken on record.

4. Mr. Amitesh Banerjee, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Sibojyoti Chakraborty and Mr. Sudip Kumar Dutta, learned Counsel inform that due to personal difficulties, the District Magistrate, District- Purba Medinipur could not be present today in Virtual Mode.

5. Since affidavits have been filed by the District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur, we dispense with the personal appearance of the District Magistrate for future unless specifically required by the Tribunal.

6. Pleadings are complete.

(Final order of the said case will be uploaded in NGT website by separate sheets of paper).

ORDER

1. The Original Application was registered suo-motu by the New Delhi Bench of the National Green Tribunal on the basis of a news item titled “Microplastic is West Bengal’s