Nityanand Jayaraman v. Union Of India

WP No.4686 of 2006 The Hon`ble The CHIEF JUSTICE and The Hon`ble Mr Justice M. SUNDAR NITYANAND JAYARAMAN 42A, 5TH AVENUE, BESAND NAGAR, CHENNAI- 9.

Vs UNION OF INDIA REP.BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVT., MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS, 6TH FLOOR, CGO COMPLEX, PARYAVARAN BHAVAN, LODHI ROAD, NEW DELHI. and 3 others.

On a perusal of the additional affidavit filed by respondent No.4, it is found that the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board finally granted the permission to respondent No.4 to proceed with the preparatory works for soil remediation on 30.12.2016. Even thereafter numerous permissions are required, for which steps are being taken by filing the remaining applications in the course of the day. Since, it has taken almost a year to see the first approval, the request made is that the remaining permissions may also be granted within a reasonable period of time. Tthe concerned authorities are as under:- (1)Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health (2)Revenue Department (RDO/Tashsildar) (3)Kodaikanal Municipality (4)Forest Department (RCF/DFO) (5)Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (6)District Collectorate (7)Police Department (8)Fire Department

2. We direct the aforesaid authorities to act on the request of respondent No.4 within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the application.

3. No further listing is required with liberty to respondent No.4 to move the

Court in case permissions are not granted within the stipulated time. [CJ] [M S J] 06/01/2017 bbr http://www.judis.nic.in