IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5921 OF 2022 NARENDER BHARDWAJ Appellant(s)

VERSUS M/S 108 SUPER COMPLEX R.W.A. & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO. 9082 OF 2022

O R D E R

1. These appeals are directed against the Judgment and order dated 26.07.2022 passed by the National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench at New Delhi in Original Application No. 419 of 2021, by which the Tribunal has directed the District Magistrate, Ghaziabad and Municipal Corporation, Ghaziabad to remove the construction of a temple and associated structure allegedly raised on the land shown as open space/Park in Sector – 16A, Vasundhara, District Ghaziabad.

2. Facts giving rise to filing of these appeals in a nutshell are that Respondent No.1 filed an application under Section 14 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (in short ‘the Act’) alleging encroachment and Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by illegal construction of a temple on an area earmarked Jayant Kumar Arora Date: 2026.03.16 Reason:

for park. The Respondent No.1 sought removal of structure along with other consequential directions.

3. The Appellant filed a reply in which it was pleaded that even in