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. 334 OF 2007 OF MOTION NO. 334 OF 2007 OF MOTION NO. 334 OF 2007 IN IN IN P.I.L. P.I.L. P.I.L. NO.87 OF 2006 NO.87 OF 2006 NO.87 OF 2006 The Bombay Environmental Action Group & Anr. ..Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents And Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. ..Applicants ....... Ms. Snehal Paranjpe with Aziz Khan i/by Divya Shah & Associates for the Applicants Mr. Gautam Patel i/by M.V. Jaykar & Co. for Petitioner Mr. N.P. Pandit, AGP for Respondent Nos.1,5,5A & 9 Mr. R. Raghuwanshi, ASG with Rajiv Chawan, and 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, 2. This Notice of Motion is taken out by the ONGC Ltd. for seeking various reliefs as spelt out in prayer clause (a). 3. The Applicants are relying on the order dated : 2 : 2nd November, 2007 passed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests permitting them to go ahead with the procedure in accordance with law and a Specific and General Conditions being made to be complied with by the applicants. We, therefore, allow the Notice of Motion as far as it relates to prayer clause (d) subject to strict compliance of Specific and General Condition imposed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, excluding the portion which reads as under :- (d)....... "and this Hon’ble Court be pleased to clarify that the orders and directions passed in the above Petition and / or interlocutory proceedings therein shall not apply to the said work of laying of the pipelines maintenance and servicing in the area set out in the map annexed as Exhibit-F." 4. The Applicants to file the affidavit of the Deputy General Manager (C&M), ONGC that they have complied with the term and conditions as imposed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests within a period of eight weeks from the completion of the procedure. 5. The Notice of Motion stands disposed off accordingly. (J.N. (J.N. (J.N. Patel, J.) Patel, J.) Patel, J.) : 3 : (K.K. (K.K. (K.K. Tated, J.) Tated, J.) Tated, J.)