WP(C) 9542/2003 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY The Secretary of the Forest Department has filed the counter affidavit today tak ing the stand that the area within 10 km. radius of the Kaziranga National Park is being treated as Eco-Sensitive Zone, on the basis of the letter dated 31.07.2 013 written by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India to the Ass am Chief Secretary. Accordingly, the respondents contend that this Review Petiti on to enable the petitioners to operate Stone Crushing Units in the vicinity of the reserved forest shouldn’t be allowed. In view of this, Ms. S. Kejriwal, the learned counsel prays for and is granted 4 weeks time to file the petitioners’ rejoinder affidavit. The Registry should place the State’s counter affidavit with the case record(s).