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Item No. 03

(Court No. 1)

BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL

PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI

(By Video Conferencing)

Original Application No. 138/2022

(I.A. No. 42/2022, I.A. No. 56/2022,

M.A. No. 33/2022 & M.A. No. 36/2022)

Roshan Joshi

Applicant

Versus

State of Uttarakhand & Ors.

Respondent(s)

Date of hearing:

27.07.2022

CORAM:

HONBLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, CHAIRPERSON

HONBLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR AGARWAL, JUDICIAL MEMBER

HONBLE PROF. A. SENTHIL VEL, EXPERT MEMBER

Applicant:

Md. Nizamuddin Pasha & Mr. Aditya Samaddar, Advocates

Respondent(s):

Mr. Mukesh Verma, Advocate for UKPCB

Mr. Vinay Garg, Advocate for MDDA

Mr. Abhishek Gupta & Mr. Ikshita Singh, Advocates for R - 7

(BPCL)

Mr. Namit Saxena, Adv. for R - 9 (Ms. Shakuntala Devi)

ORDER

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Grievance of the applicant is in respect of violation of CPCB

guidelines issued vide its Office Memorandum dated 07.01.2020,

Guidelines for setting up of new petrol pumps, which provide for a

minimum distance of 50 meters from residential areas to be maintained

by any new petrol pump/ filling station sought to be established. The

Applicant mentioned three instance