1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA. MCA NO. 907 OF 2009, 820 OF 2009, 821 OF 2009 AND 908 OF 2009 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 136 OF 2008 MCA NO. 907 OF 2009 The Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forests Govt. of India. .. Applicant. V/s. State of Goa Through Chief Secretary and 11 ors. .. Respondents. MCA NO. 820 OF 2009 The Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forests. .. Applicant. v/s. State of Goa Through Chief Secretary and 11 ors. .. Respondents. MCA NO. 821 OF 2009 The Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forests. .. Applicant. v/s. State of Goa Through Chief Secretary and 5 ors. .. Respondents. MCA NO. 908 OF 2009 The Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forests Govt. of India. .. Applicant. v/s. State of Goa Through Chief Secretary and 5 ors. .. Respondents. 2 Writ Petition No. 136 of 2008 Rama Ladu Velip and 2 ors. .. Petitioners v/s. State of Goa through Chief Secretary and 11 ors. .. Respondents Mrs. Norma Alvares, Advocate for the Petitioners. Mr. S.S. Kantak, Advocate General with Mr. A. Kamat, Additional Government Advocate for respondents nos. 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9. Mr. Darius Kambatta, Addl. Solicitor General with Mr. C.A. Ferreira, Asst. Solicitor General with Shri Joseph Vaz and Shri Sethna, Central Government Counsels for respondent nos. 2, 3 and 8. Mr. A.N. S. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate with Mr. D. Lawande, Advocate for respondent no.6. Mr. J.E. Coelho Pereira, Senior Advocate with Mr. S. Karpe, Advocate for the respondent no.11. CORAM: SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. DATE : 17th November, 2009. P.C. Heard Learned Addl. Solicitor General. For reasons stated in 3 the application we deem it proper that the amount of costs of Rs.10,000/- imposed by order dated 14.9.2009 be paid by the Central Government and not by the Secretary from his own pocket. Consequently the observation in the above order that the amount shall not be reimbursed shall stand deleted. MCA NO. 907, 820 , 821 and 908 of 2009 disposed of. SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J. N. A. BRITTO, J. oc. 4