E.Mohan v. The District Collector,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 25.07.2018
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.VENUGOPAL AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.NIRMAL KUMAR W.P.No.3907 of 2018 and W.M.P.Nos.4804 and 4805 of 2018 1.E.Mohan 2.Jayasankar 3.Prakasam 4.M.Neela 5.C.Murugamma ... Petitioners vs.
1.The District Collector, Collectorate, Tiruvallur.
2.The Member Secretary, Coastal Aquaculture Authority, GDR Tower, 12-A, Bharathi Street, Vanuvampettai, Madipakkam P.O.
Chennai-600 091 3.The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, rep.by its Chairman, No.76, Anna Salai, Guindy, Chennai-600 032 4.The District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Ambattur, Tiruvallur District.
5.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ponneri, Tiruvallur District.
6.The Tahsildar, Gummidipoondi Taluk, Tiruvallur District.
7.The Assistant Director of Fisheries (Aqua Culture) No.99, N.G.O.Nagar, Thiruvottriyur High Road, Ponneri, Thiruvallur District.
... Respondents R7 impleaded as per Order dt.06.04.2018 by RPSJ and PDAJ in W.M.P.No.9969/18 in W.P.No.3907 of 2018 Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of Mandamus, to direct the Respondents to take appropriate action against the unauthorized shrimp farms established over and adjacent to agricultural lands in various villages in Elavur, Medhipalayam, Sunnabukulam, Opasamudram Panchayats, falling hin Gummidipoondi Taluk, Tiruvallur District by removing the farms and take necessary action to restore the lands back to agricultual use. For Petitioner : Mr.K.S.Viswanathan For Respondents: Mr.S.N.Parthasarathy,G.A.
for R1, R5 and R6 Mr.S.Rita Chandrasekaran for R3 and R4 Mr.B.Vijay for R2
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by M.VENUGOPAL,J.) It is brought to the notice of this Court that the Hon'ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, as per Office Order in Ref.No.NGT(PB)/DR/2018-19/68/570, dated 24.7.2018, had observed the following:- "As the applicants/ld.Counsels who wishes that his case to be taken up through Video Conferencing at NGT, Principal Bench, New Delhi, with the concerned Zonal Benches, shall submit an application before the Registrar of concerned Zonal Benches and accordingly the matter shall be listed as per the above Scheduled specified for the respective zone. Further, the applicant has
to submit the document through E-filing/scanned copy through CD ROM/Pen Drive to the concerned Zonal Bench prior to the decision for taking the matter and inclusion in the cause list and to be uploaded in the website accordingly for information of the concerned.
For the matters pending before the NGT at Zonal Benches the ld.Counsels/applicant in Person are required submit the scanned copy of the application/documents and pleadings through E-mail and specify so that the matter shall be taken up through Video Conferencing as per schedule above. The Competent Authority also may decide to take up any matter for Video Conferencing.
This issues with the approval of Competent Authority."
2.In view the aforesaid Office Order of the Hon'ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, the Office of the Registry of this Court is directed to return the present Writ Petition and Writ Miscellaneous Petitions along with the Typed Set of Papers, to the Petitioner, for presenting the same before the National Green Tribunal, South Zone, Chennai, within two days from today, and to take further course of action, as he deems fit and proper.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-V) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar msk To 1.The District Collector, Collectorate, Tiruvallur.
2.The Member Secretary, Coastal Aquaculture Authority, GDR Tower, 12-A, Bharathi Street, Vanuvampettai, Madipakkam P.O.
Chennai-600 091
3.The Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, No.76, Anna Salai, Guindy, Chennai-600 032 4.The District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Ambattur, Tiruvallur District.
5.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ponneri, Tiruvallur District.
6.The Tahsildar, Gummidipoondi Taluk, Tiruvallur District.
7.The Assistant Director of Fisheries (Aqua Culture) No.99, N.G.O.Nagar, Thiruvottriyur High Road, Ponneri, Thiruvallur District.
W.P.No.3907 of 2018 TR(25/07/2018)