Lok Sabha Question No. 2530 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Notices issued by NGT
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2530

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2023

## Notices issued by NGT

## 2530.   DR. T. R. PAARIVENDHAR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  National  Green  Tribunal  (NGT)  has  recently  issued  notices  to  State Governments  seeking  details  on  the  functioning  of  their  respective  State  Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) or State Pollution Control Committees (SPCCs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of SPCBs or SPCCs have compiled the notification of the NGT and responded, as on date; and
- (d) the total number of environmental lab set up/run by the Government for environmental testing in various States, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

## (a) to (c):

In  the  SuoMotu  Matter  of  Original  Application  (O.A)  693  of  2023,  the  Hon'ble  National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench has issued Notice on November 06, 2023 to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to  provide  data  with  regard  to  SPCBs  based  on  the  News  Item  appeared  in Deccan Herald on October 24, 2023 entitled 'Pollution Control Boards are the Weak link'. Accordingly, CPCB has submitted report to the Hon'ble NGT based on the inputs provided by the respective SPCB /PCC on 22.11.2023.

In  this  regard,  the  Hon'ble  NGT  has  issued  further  order  on  November  23,  2023  to  the respective  SPCB  /PCC  to  file  their  reports  through  the  respective  Principal  Secretary, Department of Environment & Forests showing the following:

1. Sanctioned and working strength of staff including the ratio of administrative, ministerial and technical staff
2. Regulating  and  monitoring  facilities  available  along  with  the  sanctioned  strength  and present working strength of staff of Labs
3. The infrastructure available in the labs and further need for equipment and infrastructure in those labs
4. The  provisions  made  in  laboratories  for  enforcement  and  monitoring  of  hotspots  in critically polluted areas.
5. The availability of budget and its sources and expenditure in last two years (2020-2021 and 2021-2022).

The copy of the order is attached as Annexure 1 .

## (d):

The details of the Environmental Laboratories and their status of EPA recognition / NABL are as follow:

## Details of Environmental Laboratories of SPCBs/PCCs

| S. No          | SPCBs             |   Central |   Regional |   Total |   EPA |   NABL |
|----------------|-------------------|-----------|------------|---------|-------|--------|
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh    |         0 |          5 |       5 |     0 |      2 |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh |         1 |          1 |       2 |     0 |      0 |
| 3              | Assam             |         1 |          4 |       5 |     0 |      1 |
| 4              | Bihar             |         1 |          4 |       5 |     0 |      0 |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh      |         1 |          6 |       7 |     0 |      0 |
| 6              | Goa               |         1 |          0 |       1 |     0 |      1 |
| 7              | Gujarat           |         1 |          8 |       9 |     1 |      4 |
| 8              | Haryana           |         1 |          3 |       4 |     0 |      3 |
| 9              | Himachal Pradesh  |         1 |          5 |       6 |     0 |      2 |
| 10             | Jharkhand         |         1 |          4 |       5 |     0 |      0 |
| 11             | Karnataka         |         2 |          7 |       9 |     1 |      0 |
| 12             | Kerala            |         1 |         15 |      16 |     1 |      0 |
| 13             | Madhya Pradesh    |         1 |         10 |      11 |     0 |      6 |
| 14             | Maharashtra       |         1 |          7 |       8 |     5 |      3 |
| 15             | Manipur           |         1 |          0 |       1 |     0 |      0 |
| 16             | Meghalaya         |         1 |          0 |       1 |     0 |      1 |
| 17             | Mizoram           |         1 |          0 |       1 |     0 |      0 |
| 18             | Nagaland          |         1 |          0 |       1 |     0 |      0 |
| 19             | Odisha            |         1 |         14 |      15 |     0 |      1 |
| 20             | Punjab            |         1 |          2 |       3 |     0 |      0 |
| 21             | Rajasthan         |         1 |         12 |      13 |     0 |      2 |
| 22             | Sikkim            |         1 |          0 |       1 |     0 |      0 |
| 23             | Tamil Nadu        |         1 |         17 |      18 |     1 |      2 |
| 24             | Telangana         |         1 |          2 |       3 |     1 |      0 |
| 25             | Tripura           |         1 |          3 |       4 |     0 |      0 |
| 26             | Uttarakhand       |         1 |          4 |       5 |     0 |      0 |
| 27             | Uttar Pradesh     |         1 |         22 |      23 |     1 |     11 |
| 28             | West Bengal       |         1 |          5 |       6 |     1 |      1 |
| Sub- Total (A) | Sub- Total (A)    |        28 |        160 |     188 |    12 |     40 |

| S. No             | SPCBs                              | Central   | Regional   | Total   | EPA    | NABL   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|-----------|------------|---------|--------|--------|
| S. No             | PCCs                               | Central   | Regional   | Total   | EPA    | NABL   |
| 1                 | Andaman& Nicobar Islands           | 0         | 0          | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 2                 | Chandigarh                         | 0         | 1          | 1       | 0      | 0      |
| 3                 | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 0         | 0          | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 4                 | Delhi                              | 1         | 0          | 1       | 0      | 0      |
| 5                 | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 1         | 1          | 2       | 0      | 0      |
| 6                 | Ladakh                             | 0         | 0          | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 7                 | Lakshadweep                        | 0         | 0          | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 8                 | Puducherry                         | 1         | 1          | 2       | 0      | 1      |
| Sub- Total (B)    | Sub- Total (B)                     | 3         | 3          | 6       | 0      | 1      |
| Grand Total (A+B) | 31                                 | 163       | 194 12     | 194 12  | 194 12 | 41     |

The above table reveals that the total 194 Environmental Laboratories are established in the SPCBs /PCCs, where 31 Central Labs and 163 Regional Labs.  Out of 194 Labs, 12 Labs has obtained EPA recognition and 41 Labs has obtained NABL accreditation. All EPA labs also have NABL accreditation.

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Item No. 03

1.

This OA is registered in the  News  Item  titled

Court No. 1

## BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI

Original Application No. 693/2023

In  re:  News  item  appearing  in  Deccan  Herald  dated  24.10.2023  titled 'Pollution control boards are the weak link'

Date of hearing:

23.11.2023

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, CHAIRPERSON HON'BLE DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, EXPERT MEMBER

Respondent:

Mr. Amit Singh Chauhan, Adv. for CPCB (Through VC)

## ORDER

exercise of power on the basis of suo motu

'Pollution  control  boards  are  the  weak  link'

appearing in Deccan Herald dated 24.10.2023.

2. The news item states that the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) as also Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have miserably failed to effectively contribute in curbing the pollution. It is stated that the PCBs across India are in a state of a shambles, though in course of time, their mandate  has  been  expanded  much  beyond  the  water  related  issues. Referring  to  a  working  paper  from  the  Centre  for  Policy  Research,  the report states that the SPCBs do not have the resources and capacity to perform  the  functions  assigned  to  them  under  various  laws  due  to inadequate sanctioned strength of personnel, high number of vacancies especially  in  technical  positions,  absence  of  proper  training,  lack  of pollution  monitoring  and  abatement  equipment,  absence  of  technically competent  leadership,  protracted  enforcement  mechanisms,  insufficient funds and ineffectual spending.

3. The news item raises a substantial issue affecting the compliance of environmental laws.
4. Hence, we find it to be a fit case for consideration by registering OA in suo-motu exercise  of  power  which  is  permissible  in  terms  of  the judgment  of  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  in  the  matter  of 'Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai vs. Ankita Sinha & Ors.' reported in 2021 SCC Online SC 897 .
5. On the basis of advance notice, a report on behalf of CPCB dated 22.11.2023 has been filed. A perusal of the said report reveals that the news report about insufficient staffing of the PCBs across the country is correct, as in the report of the CPCB following chart has been reproduced disclosing the status of manpower of SPCBs and PCCs:

## 'Status of manpower of SPCBs / PCCs

|   S. No | State Pollution Control Boards   |   Sanctioned |   In place |   Vacant |
|---------|----------------------------------|--------------|------------|----------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                   |          289 |         87 |      202 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh                |           29 |         27 |        2 |
|       3 | Assam                            |          264 |        176 |       88 |
|       4 | Bihar                            |          249 |         47 |      202 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh                     |          328 |        241 |       87 |
|       6 | Goa                              |          140 |        127 |       13 |
|       7 | Gujarat                          |          831 |        497 |      334 |
|       8 | Haryana                          |          450 |        165 |      285 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh                 |          371 |        221 |      150 |
|      10 | Jharkhand                        |          271 |         73 |      198 |
|      11 | Karnataka                        |          723 |        290 |      433 |
|      12 | Kerala                           |          459 |        224 |      235 |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh                   |         1228 |        459 |      769 |
|      14 | Maharashtra                      |          839 |        473 |      366 |
|      15 | Manipur                          |          120 |         47 |       73 |
|      16 | Meghalaya                        |          152 |         83 |       69 |
|      17 | Mizoram                          |           14 |         10 |        4 |
|      18 | Nagaland                         |           24 |         19 |        5 |
|      19 | Odisha                           |          442 |        179 |      263 |
|      20 | Punjab                           |          652 |        324 |      328 |
|      21 | Rajasthan                        |          808 |        332 |      476 |
|      22 | Sikkim                           |           18 |         12 |        6 |
|      23 | Tamil Nadu                       |          987 |        590 |      397 |
|      24 | Telangana                        |          230 |        127 |      103 |

| 25              | Tripura         |    28 |   24 |    4 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-------|------|------|
| 26              | Uttarakhand     |   130 |   51 |   79 |
| 27              | Uttar Pradesh   |   732 |  407 |  325 |
| 28              | West Bengal     |   309 |  178 |  131 |
| Sub - Total (A) | Sub - Total (A) | 11117 | 5490 | 5627 |

'

| S. No   | Pollution Control Committees       | Sanctioned   | In place   | Vacant   |
|---------|------------------------------------|--------------|------------|----------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands        | 9            | 6          | 3        |
| 2       | Chandigarh                         | 9            | 7          | 2        |
| 3       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 12           | 2          | 10       |
| 4       | Delhi                              | 344          | 111        | 233      |
| 5       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 445          | 248        | 197      |
| 6       | Ladakh                             | 16           | 3          | 13       |
| 7       | Lakshadweep                        | 5            | 1          | 4        |
| 8       | Puducherry                         | 12           | 9          | 3        |
|         | Sub - Total (B)                    | 852          | 387        | 465      |
|         | Grand Total (A+B)                  | 11,969       | 5,877      | 6,092    |

6. The above chart clearly reveals that out of 11,969 sanctioned posts, only  5877  are  filled  and  in  many  States  such  as,  Gujarat,  Himachal Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Sikkim,  Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, etc., the working strength  in  the  SPCBs/PCCs  is  even  less  than  half  of  the  sanctioned strength.
7. Same is  the  position  in  respect  of  the  laboratories  of  SPCBs  and PCCs which is reflected in the report filed by CPCB in the chart form as under:

## 'Details of Environmental Laboratories of SPCBs/PCCs

|   S. No | SPCBs             |   Central |   Regional |   Total |   EPA |   NABL |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|------------|---------|-------|--------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |         0 |          5 |       5 |     0 |      2 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |         1 |          1 |       2 |     0 |      0 |
|       3 | Assam             |         1 |          4 |       5 |     0 |      1 |
|       4 | Bihar             |         1 |          4 |       5 |     0 |      0 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |         1 |          6 |       7 |     0 |      0 |
|       6 | Goa               |         1 |          0 |       1 |     0 |      1 |
|       7 | Gujarat           |         1 |          8 |       9 |     1 |      4 |
|       8 | Haryana           |         1 |          3 |       4 |     0 |      3 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh  |         1 |          5 |       6 |     0 |      2 |
|      10 | Jharkhand         |         1 |          4 |       5 |     0 |      0 |

| 11             | Karnataka      |   2 |   7 |   9 |   1 |   0 |
|----------------|----------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 12             | Kerala         |   1 |  15 |  16 |   1 |   0 |
| 13             | Madhya Pradesh |   1 |  10 |  11 |   0 |   6 |
| 14             | Maharashtra    |   1 |   7 |   8 |   5 |   3 |
| 15             | Manipur        |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
| 16             | Meghalaya      |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   1 |
| 17             | Mizoram        |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
| 18             | Nagaland       |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
| 19             | Odisha         |   1 |  14 |  15 |   0 |   1 |
| 20             | Punjab         |   1 |   2 |   3 |   0 |   0 |
| 21             | Rajasthan      |   1 |  12 |  13 |   0 |   2 |
| 22             | Sikkim         |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
| 23             | Tamil Nadu     |   1 |  17 |  18 |   1 |   2 |
| 24             | Telangana      |   1 |   2 |   3 |   1 |   0 |
| 25             | Tripura        |   1 |   3 |   4 |   0 |   0 |
| 26             | Uttarakhand    |   1 |   4 |   5 |   0 |   0 |
| 27             | Uttar Pradesh  |   1 |  22 |  23 |   1 |  11 |
| 28             | West Bengal    |   1 |   5 |   6 |   1 |   1 |
| Sub- Total (A) | Sub- Total (A) |  28 | 160 | 188 |  12 |  40 |

'

| S. No             | PCCs                               | Central   | Regional   |   Total |   EPA |   NABL |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|-----------|------------|---------|-------|--------|
| 1                 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 0         | 0          |       0 |     0 |      0 |
| 2                 | Chandigarh                         | 0         | 1          |       1 |     0 |      0 |
| 3                 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 0         | 0          |       0 |     0 |      0 |
| 4                 | Delhi                              | 1         | 0          |       1 |     0 |      0 |
| 5                 | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 1         | 1          |       2 |     0 |      0 |
| 6                 | Ladakh                             | 0         | 0          |       0 |     0 |      0 |
| 7                 | Lakshadweep                        | 0         | 0          |       0 |     0 |      0 |
| 8                 | Puducherry                         | 1         | 1          |       2 |     0 |      1 |
| Sub- Total (B)    | Sub- Total (B)                     | 3         | 3          |       6 |     0 |      1 |
| Grand Total (A+B) | 163                                | 31 194    |            |      12 |    41 |     41 |

8. The  above  chart  reflects  that  in  some  of  the  States,  the  properly accredited  laboratories  are  not  there  under  the  Environment  Protection Act  as  Environmental  Laboratories  and  in  respect  of  some  PCCs  such labs even do not exist.
9. Tribunal in O.A. No. 95/2018 in the matter of Aryavart Foundation Vs.  M/s  Vapi  Green  Enviro  Ltd. dated  05.02.2021  had  issued  following direction:-
3. '22.  The directions on the subject are summed up as follows:

- i. The Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs, in coordination with their respective Secretary Environment and Chairman State PCB/PCCs, need to forthwith study and address  the  issues  emerging  from  the  CPCB  report, prepare and execute their respective action plans which will  include  filling  up  all  vacant  posts  by  competent persons and procuring the requisite equipment, including commissioning  and  upgradation  of  all  laboratories  and recognition  under  the  EP  Act,  1986.  The  CPCB  may assist and monitor all the States for compliance of these directions.  The  steps  in  this  regard  be  initiated  and completed as far as possible within six months. In view of Section 33 of the NGT Act, 2010, whereunder the NGT Act  has  overriding  powers  over  other  statutes,  any restriction  placed  by  any  administrative  order  will  not stand in the way of carrying out this direction.
- ii. We  direct  the  CPCB  to  prepare  a  format  which  may contain qualifications, minimum eligibility criteria, required experience for the key positions and the specifications  of  equipment.  All  States/UTs  may  act accordingly.
- iii. MoEF&CC  and  CPCB  may  design  a  mechanism  for annual performance audit of all the State PCBs/PCCs.
- iv. It  is  suggested  that  if  some  of  the  State  PCBs  find  it difficult to select/recruit suitable candidates, a designated  Committee  of  the  MoEF&CC  and  CPCB,  in consultation with such State PCBs, may explore possibility of the central selection mechanism so that the talent pool so selected can be made available for posting at  appropriate  locations,  where  requirement  is  found  to be otherwise difficult. A plan be prepared for continuous training of the incumbents at regional levels periodically.
- v. In view of the findings in the report that at some places administrative manpower is more than technical manpower, such situation may be reviewed and remedied by the concerned States.
- vi. The observations that the work of regulators should be fulltime for the incumbents appointed applies to all key positions,  including  Chairman/Member  Secretary  and Regional  Officers,  Engineers,  Scientists  of  PCBs/PCCs. Such incumbents may not be given any other additional charge. Only exception can be in States where there are no significant environmental issues so as to provide the incumbents fulltime work. Such States may seek exemption in respect of this direction from CPCB, giving relevant information justifying such exemption.
- vii. CPCB  and  State  PCBs/PCCs,  as  directed  earlier,  may utilise EC funds on laboratory set up/upgradation, and on  the  mentioned  areas  in  the  report  as  well  as  on approved  District  Environment  Plans.  No  approval  of

Central/State  Government  will  be  necessary  in  this regard in view of section 33 of the NGT Act, supra.

- viii. Consistent with Digital India initiatives, MoEF&CC/MoJS/CPCB  may  consider  setting  up  and periodically  updating  National  Environment  Data  Grid (NEDG)  linked  to  the  State  Environment  Data  Grids (SEDGs) DEDGs and further linked  to  available  portals like online air/water quality, Sameer and other monitoring  stations  to  facilitate  analysis,  research  and planning on the subject. It may be further interlinked to initiatives like NMCG/Swachh Bharat/Jal Jeevan Mission.
- ix. To  assess  the  extent  of  monetary  loss  caused  to  the environment  on  account  of  violation  of  environmental norms by failure to scientifically manage waste, violating Water/Air/EP/Forest (Conservation) Acts and other specified  Acts  for  fixing  accountability,  for  improving efficiency and  better enforcement of 'Polluter Pays' principle.
- x. To monitor the extent of carrying capacity for particular activities at different locations for planning suitability of siting of particular activities for giving effect to 'Precautionary' and 'Sustainable Development' principles.'
10. In view of the above, we deem it proper to implead the following as respondents in this OA:
- 1) State of Andhra Pradesh through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 2) State of Arunachal Pradesh through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 3) State  of  Assam  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 4) State  of  Bihar  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 5) State of Chhattisgarh through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 6) State  of  Goa  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.

- 7) State  of  Gujarat  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 8) State  of  Haryana  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 9) State of Himachal Pradesh through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 10) State  of  Jharkhand  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department of Environment and Forest.
- 11) State of Karnataka through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 12) State  of  Kerala  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 13) State of Madhya Pradesh through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 14) State of Maharashtra through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 15) State  of  Manipur  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 16) State of Meghalaya through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 17) State  of  Mizoram  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 18) State of Nagaland through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 19) State  of  Odisha  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 20) State  of  Punjab  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.

- 21) State of Rajasthan through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 22) State  of  Sikkim  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 23) State of Tamil Nadu through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 24) State of Telangana through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 25) State  of  Tripura  through  Principal  Secretary,  Department  of Environment and Forest.
- 26) State of Uttarakhand through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 27) State of Uttar Pradesh through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 28) State of West Bengal through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 29) Union  Territory  of  Andaman  &  Nicobar  through  Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 30) Union  Territory  of  Chandigarh  through  Principal  Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 31) Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 32) Union Territory of Delhi through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 33) Union  Territory  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  through  Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 34) Union Territory of Ladakh through Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.

- 35) Union  Territory  of  Lakshadweep  through  Principal  Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 36) Union  Territory  of  Puducherry  through  Principal  Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest.
- 37) Central Pollution Control Board's Central and Regional Laboratories through Secretary, MoEF&CC.
11. Let notice be issued to the above respondents.

12. The above respondents are directed to file their reports showing the sanctioned  strength  and  working  strength  of  staff  in  the  concerned SPCBs/PCCs, CPCB the ratio of administrative, Ministerial and Technical staff  in  the  SPCBs/PCCs,  CPCB  and  the  regulating  and  monitoring facilities which are available with the SPCBs/PCCs/CPCB. In respect of laboratories, the report will disclose the sanctioned strength and present working strength of staff, the infrastructure which is available in the labs and further need for equipment and infrastructure in those labs and the provisions  made  in  laboratories  for  enforcement  and  monitoring  of hotspots in critically polluted areas. The report should also include the availability  of  budget  and  its  sources  and  expenditure  in  last  two  years (2020-2021  and  2021-2022).  Let  these  reports  be  submitted  within  a period of 8 weeks by e-mail at judicial-ngt@gov.in preferably in the form of searchable PDF/OCR Support PDF and not in the form of Image PDF.

13. List on 02.02.2024.

November 23, 2023 Original Application No. 693/2023 DV

Prakash Shrivastava, CP

Dr. A. Senthil Vel, EM