Item No.09 Court No.1 BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL EASTERN ZONE BENCH, KOLKATA (THROUGH PHYSICAL HEARING WITH HYBRID MODE)

Original Application No.170/2024/EZ (Earlier O.A. No.919/2024/PB)

News Item titled "Barricade illegal sand mining pose threat to WGH riverbank" appearing in The Shillong Times dated 29.06.2024 Applicant(s)

Date of hearing : 10.07.2025 Date of Uploading : 18.07.2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B. AMIT STHALEKAR, JUDICIAL MEMBER HON’BLE DR. ARUN KUMAR VERMA, EXPERT MEMBER For Applicant(s) : Suo Motu For Respondent(s) : Mr. Surendra Kumar, Adv. for R-1 (in Virtual Mode), Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. for R-2 (in Virtual Mode), Ms. Anamika Pandey, Adv. for R-3 (in Virtual Mode), Mr. Himanshu Sehrawat, Adv. for R-4&5 (in Virtual Mode)

ORDER

1. Affidavit dated 03.07.2025 has been filed on behalf of the Respondent No.2, Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board ; the same is taken on record.

2. Affidavit dated 27.02.2025 has been filed on behalf of the Respondent No.4, Deputy Commissioner, West Garo Hills ; the same is taken on record.

3. Mr. Himanshu Sehrawat holding brief of Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, learned Counsel is present (in Virtual Mode) on behalf of the Respondent N