IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE OF MOTION NO.296 OF 2007 OF MOTION NO.296 OF 2007 OF MOTION NO.296 OF 2007 IN IN IN PIL PIL PIL NO.87 OF 2006 NO.87 OF 2006 NO.87 OF 2006 The Bombay Environmental Action Group and Anr. ..Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents And Reliance Energy Limited ..Applicant ....... Mr. J.J. Bhatt, Sr.Adv. i/by Mulla & Mulla - Applicant in NMW 296 of 2007 Mr. Gautam Patel i/by M.V. Jaykar & Co. for the Petitioner Mr. N.P. Pandit, AGP for Respondent Nos.1,5,5A and 9 Mr. R. Raghuwanshi, ASG with Rajiv Chawan & Ms. Rutuza Ambekar for Respondent No.2 Mr. J.M. Patade i/by Mr. R.V. Govilkar for Respondent No.3 Ms. P.A. Purandare for Respondent No.4. ....... CORAM CORAM CORAM : SHRI J.N.PATEL & : SHRI J.N.PATEL & : SHRI J.N.PATEL & SHRI SHRI SHRI K.K.TATED, JJ. K.K.TATED, JJ. K.K.TATED, JJ. DATE DATE DATE : 4TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 : 4TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 : 4TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 P.C.: . Heard the learned counsel for the parties. We dispose off the Notice of Motion by passing following order. : 2 : (i) The representatives of the Applicants shall be entitled to approach the transmission equipment only on foot through the mangroves for the purpose of repairs and maintenance of the said equipment. (ii) The representatives of the Applicants shall be entitled to prune only such mangroves and that too to a minimum possible land requisite extent where such mangroves interfere with the safety of the transmission equipment. (iii) The action mentioned in clause (i) & (ii) above shall be taken only in accordance with law after obtaining statutory permissions where prescribed and required. 2. The Notice of Motion is disposed off accordingly. (J.N. (J.N. (J.N. Patel, J.) Patel, J.) Patel, J.) (K.K. (K.K. (K.K. Tated, J.) Tated, J.) Tated, J.)