1 WP-1440/99 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1440 OF 1999 The World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF) : Petitioner versus The Deputy Conservator of Forests and ors. : Respondents. Mr. Nitin Jamdar for the Petitioner Mr. S S Joshi, AGP for the Respondents/State. CORAM : P B MAJMUDAR & R M SAVANT, JJ. DATE : 23rd August 2011 P.C. 1 By the above Petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner inter alia seeks the following reliefs :- “That this Hon’ble Court be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to and quash and set aside the decision taken by the Respondent Nos.1, 2, 3 and 6 in respect of construction of the proposed Nature Center on survey No.374, 157, 356, 376, 378 situated at village Mulund, inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai,Maharashtra.” 2 The learned AGP draws our attention to the letter dated 6th December 2004, which is handed over to him by Shri Vijay Patil of the Forest Department, addressed by the then Deputy Conservator of Forests, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali to the Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Mumbai In the said letter it has been stated that the area on which the nature center was to be constructed has been barricaded on account of the man- 2 WP-1440/99 animal conflict. It has been further stated in the said letter that establishment of the nature center would require permission of the Central Government under the Forest Conservation Act 1980 as also of the National Board of Wildlife. The said letter further states that the area wherein the nature center was to be developed, only plantation will be undertaken of Misc. species for which no permission of the Wildlife Board and the Government of India is necessary. The said letter dated 6th December 2004 is taken on record and marked “X” for identification. 3 In the light of the said letter of the Deputy Conservator of Forests dated 6th December 2004, in our view, there is no warrant to grant any relief in the above Petition as the Petition works itself out on account of the said letter. The Petition accordingly to stand disposed of. Rule discharged. [R.M.SAVANT, J] [P.B.MAJMUDAR, J]