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INFORMATION RELATING TO

National Green Tribunal

UNDER SECTION 4(1) (B) OF THE

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

(Updated as on May, 2015)

(Principal Bench)

Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi-110001

2015

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RTI MANNUAL Under Section 4 (1) (b)

Section 4 (1) (b) (i)

The Particulars of its organization, functions and duties.

The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 and the establishment of The National Green Tribunal

The Particulars relating to establishment, functions and duties of National Green Tribunal have been specified in the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (hereinafter called as the Act) and the rules framed by the Central Government, time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 3, Sub Clause (4) of Section 4, 35 and other provisions under the Act (hereinafter called the Rules) and duly notified.

The National Green Tribunal was established under Section 3 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (No. 19 of 2010 and came into force on 18th of October 2010) for the effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

As per Section 4 (1) of the Act, the Tribunal shall consist of :-

A full time chairperson;

Ten to Twenty full time Judicial Members;

Ten to Twenty full time Expert Members

Vide Notification dated 17th August 2011, the Central Government Specifies the following ordinary places of sitting of the National Green Tribunal which shall exercise jurisdiction in the area indicate against each:

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Establishment of the National Green Tribunal w.e.f. 18th of October 2010

The Principal Bench

Commencement of Southern Zone Bench, Chennai Commencement of Second Bench of Southern Zone Bench, Chennai

Zone Place of Sitting Territorial Jurisdiction

1. Northern Delhi (Principal Bench)

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh.

2. Western Pune Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa with Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

3. Central Bhopal Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

4. Southern Chennai Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Union Territories of Pondicherry and Lakshadweep.

5. Eastern Kolkata West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, seven sister States of North- Eastern region, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The National Green Tribunal was established on 18th October, 2010 with the appointment of Sh. Justice L. S. Panta, Former Judge of Supreme Court as the first Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal but he resigned in December, 2011 and w.e.f. 1st January, 2012 Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.S. Naidu was authorized to act as the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal as the vacancy in the office had fallen vacant due to the resignation vide Notification dated 31st December, 2011. The Principal Bench at New Delhi is set-up at two places.

The Principal Bench at Van Vigyan Bhawan, Sector-V, R. K. Puram, New Delhi.

Bench-1 at Tirkoot Building, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi.

On 18th October, 2013 Principal Bench shifted to Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi-110001.

Commencement of Southern Zone Bench at Chennai

With effect from 1st of November, 2012 Southern Zone Bench was constituted with : 1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Chockalingam Judicial Member

2. Prof. Dr. R. Nagendran Expert Member

Commencement of Second Bench of Southern Zone Bench at Chennai

With effect from 23rd of March, 2015, Second Bench of Southern Zone Bench was constituted with : 1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. P. Jyothimani Judicial Member

2. Hon’ble Mr. P. S. Rao Expert Member

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Commencement of Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal Commencement of Western Zonal Bench, Pune Commencement of Eestern Zonal Bench, Kolkata

Present sitting of Principal Bench and Zonal Benches Chennai, Bhopal, Pune & Kolkata

Commencement of Central Zone Bench at Bhopal

With effect from 7th of April, 2013, Central Zone Bench was constituted with : 1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Jyothimani Judicial Member

2. Hon’ble Dr. Ajay Achyutrao Deshpande Expert Member

Commencement of Western Zone Bench at Pune

With effect from 25th of August, 2013, Western Zone Bench was constituted with : 1. Hon’ble Mr. V.R.Kingaonkar Judicial Member

2. Hon’ble Dr. Ajay Achyutrao Deshpande Expert Member

Commencement of Eastern Zone Bench at Kolkata

With effect from 24th of May, 2014, Eastern Zone Bench was constituted with : 1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Jyothimani Judicial Member

2. Hon’ble Prof. (Dr.) P. C. Mishra Expert Member Vide Order dated 29.09.2014 and 08.05.2015 (w.e.f. 13.05.2015) Principal Bench, New Delhi Court No. 1 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar Chairperson Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. S. Nambiar Judicial Member Hon’ble Prof. A. R. Yousuf Expert Member Hon’ble Mr. B. S. Sajwan Expert Member Court No. 2 Hon’ble Mr. Justice U. D. Salvi Judicial Member Hon’ble Dr. D. K. Agrawal Expert Member Southern Zone Bench, Chennai Court No. 1 Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Chockalingam Judicial Member Hon’ble Prof. (Dr.) R. Nagendran Expert Member Court No. 2 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. P. Jyothimani Judicial Member Hon’ble Mr. P. S. Rao Expert Member

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Circuit Courts

Central Zone Bench, Bhopal Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dalip Singh Judicial Member Hon’ble Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee Expert Member Western Zone Bench, Pune Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. R. Kingaonkar Judicial Member Hon’ble Dr. Ajay A. Deshpande Expert Member Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pratap Kumar Ray Judicial Member

Hon’ble Prof. (Dr.) P. C. Mishra Expert Member Circuit Courts have been conducted at

1. 29th & 30th July, 2013 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

2. On 16th & 17th September, 2013 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

3. On 21st & 22nd November, 2013 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

4. On 2nd & 3rd January, 2014 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

5. On 18th & 19thDecember, 2013 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

6. On 24th January, 2014 at Shillong, Meghalaya.

7. On 5th to 7th March, 2014 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

8. On 27th & 28th March, 2014 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

9. On 4th April, 2014 at Shillong, Meghalaya.

10. On 1st & 2nd May, 2014 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

11. On 9th June, 2014 at Shillong, Meghalaya.

12. On 25th & 26th June, 2014 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

13. On 10th & 11th July, 2014 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

14. On 1st & 2nd August, 2014 at Shillong, Meghalaya.

15. On 13th & 14th August, 2014 at On Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

16. On 7th October, 2014 at Shillong, Meghalaya.

17. On 20th & 21st November, 2014 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

18. On 27th November, 2014 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

19. On 8th & 9th January, 2015 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

20. On 22nd & 23rd January, 2015 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

21. On 29th January, 2015 at Shillong, Meghalaya.

22. On 19th & 20th March, 2015 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

23. On 23rd & 24th April, 2015 at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

24. On 14th & 15th May, 2015 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

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Appointment, Tenure, Salaries and terms of conditions, and the procedure for enquiry of charges of the Chairperson, Judicial and Expert Member

The appointment of the Chairperson and the Members

The Chairperson, Judicial Members and Expert Members of the Tribunal shall be appointed by the Central Government for a term of 5 years.

The Chairperson shall be appointed by the Central Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of India.

The Judicial Members and Expert Members of the Tribunal shall be appointed on the recommendations of the Selection Committee, in the manner as prescribed in the Rules, notified by MoEF.

Their salaries, terms and conditions of service and the procedure for enquiry of charges against them are also detailed in the rules notified on 26th November, 2010. (details that of available on the website of MoEF).

The Appointment of present Chairperson :

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sawatantar Kumar, a Judge of the Supreme Court was appointed as Chairperson Vide Notification dated 20th December, 2012.

Resignation of the Judicial Members :

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Talukdar joined w.e.f.18.04.2011, resigned from the Post of Judicial Member w.e.f dated 01.07.2012.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. V. Ramulu joined w.e.f 16.05.2011, resigned from the Post of Judicial Member w.e.f dated 20.09.2012.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice A S Naidu joined w.e.f 05.05.2011, resigned from the Post of Judicial Member w.e.f dated 01.02.2013.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. S. Reddy joined w.e.f 12.09.2013, resigned from the post of Judicial Member w.e.f dated 24.10.2013.

Demise of the Judicial / Expert Members :

Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.N. Hussain, Judicial Member joined w.e.f. 22.07.2013, demise on 07.10.2014.

Hon’ble Mr. Ramesh Chandra Trivedi, Expert Member joined w.e.f. 06.02.2013, demise on 26.12.2014.

Retirement of the Expert Member :

Hon’ble Dr. G. K. Pandey, Expert Member joined w.e.f. 05.05.2011, retired from the post of Expert Member w.e.f. dated 14.01.2015.

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Status of the appointment of the Chairperson and the Members

April, 2015

As per the various Gazette Notifications of different dates ‘In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and (3) of Section 6 and Section 7 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (19 of 2010), the Central Government appointed the following persons as Judicial / Expert Members of the National Green Tribunal with effect from the date of publication of the notifications for a period of five years or till they attain the age of sixty five years, whichever is earlier, as per the list :

NAME DESIGNATION DATE OF

JOINING

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar Chairperson 20.12.2012

JUDICIAL MEMBERS

1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Chokalingam Judicial Member 04.05.2012

2. Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.R. Kingaonkar Judicial Member 01.08.2012

3. Hon’ble Mr. Justice (Dr.) P. Jyothimani Judicial Member 24.12.2012

4. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Umesh Dattatraya Salvi Judicial Member 14.02.2013

5. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dalip Singh Judicial Member 24.07.2013

6. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. S. Nambiar Judicial Member 09.10.2013

7. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pratap Kumar Ray Judicial Member 24.09.2014

EXPERT MEMBERS

1. Hon’ble Prof.(Dr.) R. Nagendran Expert Member 10.08.2011

2. Hon’ble Dr. D.K. Agrawal ExpertMember 06.05.2011

3. Hon’ble Prof.(Dr.) P.C. Mishra Expert Member 16.11.2012

4. Hon’ble Mr. P.S. Rao Expert Member 16.11.2012

5. Hon’ble Prof. A.R. Yousuf Expert Member 23.11.2012

6. Hon’ble Mr. Bikram Singh Sajwan Expert Member 07.01.2013

7. Hon’ble Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee Expert Member 02.01.2013

8. Hon’ble Dr. Ajay Achyutrao Deshpande Expert Member 18.03.2013

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Financial and Administrative Powers of Chairperson Financial Powers of Chairperson

Head of the Department (HOD)

Head of the Office (HOO)

Administrative Powers of Chairperson

POWERS

As per Section 13 of the Act, the Chairperson of the Tribunal shall exercise such financial and administrative powers as may be vested in him under the rules made by the Central Government:

Provided that the Chairperson may delegate such of his financial and administrative powers, as he may think fit, to any Judicial Member or Expert Member or officer of the Tribunal subject to the condition that the Member or such officer, while exercising such delegated power, continues to act under the direction, control and supervision of the Chairperson.

Vide Notification dated 4th April, 2011 (G.S.R. 295 (E)), in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 13 read with Clause (i) of sub-section (2) of Section 35 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, the Central Government vide Rule 4 notified that the Chairperson shall have the same powers as are conferred on a Head of the Department of the Central Government in respect of the Delegation of Financial Power Rules, 1978, the Central Financial Rules, 1963, the Fundamental and Supplementary Rules, the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, the Central Civil Services (Joining Time) Rules, 1979, the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Central Civil Service (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, and the General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960 :

Provided that the exercise of the financial powers shall be subject to any procedural or other instructions issued from time to time by the Government .

Provided further that in respect of matters not within the competence of the Chairperson, concurrence of the Ministry of Finance or any other authority shall be obtained by the Chairperson through the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

As per Order dated 29.06.2012, of J.S. to GOI, the Chairperson, NGT shall have the powers to exercise, not exceeding those vested in the Department, as specified in Schedules V & VI of Delegation of Financial Power Rules, 1978 with immediate effect and until further orders. Sh. Sanjay Kumar, Registrar General was appointed as HoO vide Order dated 01.11.2013 by the Hon’ble Chairperson, in view of the provisions of Section 13 of the Act. Vide Rule 3 of the above Notification, Powers of Chairperson related to posting or transfer of a Member (1) The Chairperson shall have the power to post a Member at a particular ordinary

place of sitting of the Tribunal. (2) The Chairperson, depending on the contingency, shall have the power to transfer

any Member from one ordinary place of sitting to another place of sitting by a speaking order.

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Jurisdiction Power and Proceedings of the Tribunal

JURISDICTION

1. As per Section 14 (1) of the Act, the Tribunal shall have the jurisdiction over all civil cases where a substantial question relating to environment (including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment), is involved and such question arises out of the implementation of the enactments specified in Schedule I (Refer the Act for details). (2) The Tribunal shall hear the disputes arising from the questions referred to in sub- section (I) and settle such disputes and pass order thereon.

2. Appellate jurisdiction under section 16 of the Act.

As per Section 15 (1) of the Act, the Tribunal may, by an order, provide,-

(a) relief and compensation to the victims of pollution and other environmental damage arising under the enactments specified in the Schedule 1 (including accident occurring while handling any hazardous substance);

(b) for restitution of property damaged;

(c) for restitution of the environment for such area or areas, as the Tribunal may think fit.

Section 4 (1) (b) (ii) Powers and duties of the officers and employees

The powers of the officers and employees are derived from the NGT Act, 2010 and various

Government Rules, instructions, exclusive orders etc. issued from time to time.

Staff of the Tribunal

As per Section 12 (1) of the Act, the Central Government shall determine the nature and categories of the officers and other employees required to assist the Tribunal in the discharge of its functions. (2) The recruitment of the officers and other employees of the

Tribunal shall be made by the Chairperson in such manner as may be prescribed.

(3) The officers and other employees of the Tribunal shall discharge their functions under the general superintendence of the Chairperson.

(4) The salaries and allowances and conditions of service of the officers and other employees of the Tribunal shall be such as may be prescribed.

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Sanctioned Strength of the Employees

Vide order dated 12th May, 2012 of Director (PL), it was informed that the Ministry of Environment & Forests with concurrence with the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) has sanctioned a total number of 95 posts in 13 categories of the Officers and Employees of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Further vide Order dated 18.01.2013 & Notification dated 18.01.2013, 21 posts of Drivers were also sanctioned and recruitment rules were notified on 17.04.2013. Further vide Letter dated 18.09.2013 of MoEF, 4 additional posts of Registrar were sanctioned. Further, vide Order dated 03.09.2014, MoEF & CC accorded sanctioned for creation of 41 posts in the National Green Tribunal.

Thus, the sanctioned posts of the officers & employees of the NGT are as follows : SANCTIONED STRENGTH OF THE STAFF IN NGT

Sl No.

Name of the Post Pay Band

Grade Pay

Hqrs. (Delhi)

Other 4 places of sitting of

Tribunal

Total

1. Registrar PB-4 Rs.8700 1 4 5

2. Deputy Registrar PB-3 Rs.7600 1 4 5

3. Asstt. Registrar PB-3 Rs.6600 1 4 5

4. Principal Private Secretary PB-3 Rs.6600 1 0 1

5. Deputy Controller of Accounts PB-3 Rs.6600 1 --- 1

6. Accounts Officer PB-2 Rs.5400 1 0 1

7. Hindi Officer PB-2 Rs.5400 1 0 1

8. Section Officer PB-2 Rs.4800 3 8 11

9. Private Secretary PB-2 Rs.4800 5 16 21

10. Assistant/Assistant (Judicial) PB-2 Rs.4200 5 12 17

11. Steno Grade ‘C'/ Court Master PB-2 Rs.4200 5 16 21

12. Hindi Translator PB-2 Rs.4200 1 4 5

13. Librarian PB-2 Rs.4200 1 4 5

14. Steno Grade ‘D’ PB-1 Rs.2400 4 8 12

15. Accountant PB-1 Rs.2400 1 4 5 16. Driver (Special Grade) PB-2 Rs.4200 1 --- 1

17. Staff Car Driver (Grade 1) PB-1 Rs.2800 7 --- 7

18. Driver (Grade II) PB-1 Rs.2400 6 --- 6

19. Driver (Ordinary Post) PB-1 Rs.1900 7 --- 7

20. Peon/Orderly/Court Attendant PB-1 Rs.1800 8 16 24

TOTAL 61 100 161

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POSITION OF STAFF IN NGT

Sanctioned strength - 161 Filled up : 69 Vacant : 92

Sl.

No

Name of the Post No. of

Sanctioned

Post

No. of

Filled-up

Post

No. of

Vacant Post

Remarks

1. Registrar 5 5

-- Kindly refer to SCI Orders dated

12.05.2011, 03.05.2012& 29.11.2013

passed in SLP (Civil) No. 12065/2009

in re. UOI Vs. Vimal Bhai &Ors.

2. Deputy Registrar 5 4 1

3. Asstt. Registrar 5 1 4

4. Principal Private Secretary 1 -- 1

5. Deputy Controller of Accounts 1 1 --

6. Accounts Officer 1 1 --

7. Hindi Officer 1 -- 1

8. Section Officer 11 8 3

9. Private Secretary 21 1 20

10. Assistant/Assistant (Judicial) 17 12 5

11. Steno Grade ‘C’/ Court Master 21 14 7

12. Hindi Translator 5 4 1

13. Librarian 5 -- 5

14. Steno Grade ‘D’(Direct) 12 6 6

15. Accountant 5 5 --

16. Drivers 21 6 15 Drivers have been engaged on

contractual basis against these

posts.

17. Peon/Orderly/Court Attendant 24 1 23

Total 161 69 92

MTS (Group ‘D’) 44 MTS have been appointed Kindly refer to SCI Order dated

10.10.2012 passed in SLP (Civil) No.

12065/2009 in re. UOI Vs. Vimal Bhai

&Ors.

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Functions and duties of the officers of NGT:

As per National Green Tribunal (Practices & Procedure) Rules, 2011 Rule 2(i) defines Registrar as an Officer of the Tribunal and it includes the Deputy Registrar.

The functions of the Registrar (Includes the Dy. Registrar)

Rule 7 of the above noted Rules prescribes as follow:

(1) The Chairperson may, by general or special order, entrust the

following functions to the Registrar, namely:

(a) to receive all applications, appeals and other documents including transferred applications or appeals;

(b) to decide all questions arising out of the scrutiny of the applications and appeals before they are registered;

(c) to require any application or appeal presented to the Tribunal to be amended for compliance with the provision of the Act or the rules made there under;

(d) subject to the directions of the Tribunal to fix the date of hearings and to issue notices therefor;

(e) to direct any formal amendment of records;

(f) to order grant of copies of documents to parties to the proceeding;

(g) to grant leave to inspect the records of the Tribunal;

(h) to dispose of all matters relating to the service of notices or other processes, application or appeals for the issue of fresh notices and for extending the time for filing such application or appeals, to grant time not exceeding thirty day's for filing a reply or rejoinder, if any, and to place the matter before the Tribunal for appropriate orders after the expiry of the aforesaid period;

(i) to requisition or transfer of any records of such suit, claim or other legal proceedings as are transferred to the Tribunal from any court or other authority;

(j) to receive and dispose of application for substitution, except where the substitution would involve setting aside an order of abetment;

(k) to receive and dispose of application by parties for return of documents; and

(l) to call for information and records and to inspect or cause to be inspected the registry of the other place of sittings under general or special orders as may be issued by the Chairperson from time to time.

(2) The Official records shall be kept in the custody of the Registrar.

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The duties of Account’s Officer -cum-DDO Under Secretary, MoEF an attachment to NGT Outsourced Employees

Sh. Ram Swaroop, Senior Account Officer, from office of CGA, joined on 07.05.2014 as Dy. Controller of Accounts in NGT (working as DDO) and Sh. Sanjay Kumar, Assistant Accounts Officer, CPWD, joined on 14.01.2015 as Assistant Accounts Officer. Their duties are to look after the matters relating to the Accounts Department in NGT. Under Secretary, MoEF has been attached with NGT to look after the work of the Administration as the posts of the Officers like Section Officer, A.R., etc. could not be filled in during the recruitment process in NGT. Pending regular recruitment being a time consuming process, the NGT, as a time gap arrangement, has outsourced employees.

Outsourced Employees S. No. Name of the Post Presently Appointed Posting 1. Consultant 16 PB (Delhi) (5)

SZB (Chennai) (7)

WZB (Pune) (2)

EZB (Kolkata) (2)

2. Office Assistant 12 PB (Delhi) (6)

SZB (Chennai) (2)

CZB (Bhopal) (3)

WZB (Pune) (1)

3. Librarian 2 PB (Delhi) (1)

SZB (Chennai) (1)

4. Stenographer 3 CZB (Bhopal) (2)

WZB (Pune) (1)

5. Court Master 1 CZB (Bhopal) (1)

5. Data Entry Operator 5 PB (Delhi) (2)

CZB (Bhopal) (2)

WZB (Pune) (1)

6. Computer Clerk 1 PB (Delhi) (1)

7. Clerk 1 PB (Delhi) (1) 8. Law Clerks 12 PB (Delhi) (6)

SZB (Chennai) (2)

CZB (Bhopal) (1)

WZB (Pune) (1)

EZB (Kolkata) (2) 9. Technical Assistant 5 PB (Delhi) (2)

CZB (Bhopal) (1)

WZB(Pune) (1)

EZB (Kolkata) (1)

10. MTS 59 PB (Delhi) (34)

SZB (Chennai) (3)

CZB (Bhopal) (8)

WZB(Pune) (8)

EZB (Kolkata) (6)

11. Driver 12 PB (Delhi) (4)

SZB (Chennai) (2)

CZB (Bhopal) (2)

WZB(Pune) (2)

EZB (Kolkata) (2)

Total 129

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Duties of the Employees

1. Consultants, they are assigned duties to provide the opinion / assistance of their expertise to the officers/ staffs of the concerned sections

2. Office Assistants are assigned work in the courts as well as have been

deputed for the administration in different sections.

3. Clerks are to carry out the general clerical orders of the officers. 4. MTS are assigned the work as Multi Tasking Servants to serve in different

sections as the Ushers / Orderly / Driver Court Attendents / Peons / Farash / Safai Karamcharies etc and also as clerical staff to assist the officers of the respective sections.

5. Drivers are assigned the job of driving the vehicles of the Chairperson /

Members.

4(1) (b) (iii)

The procedure followed in the decision making process,

including channels of supervision and accountability

Proceeding of the Tribunal Section 18 (I) of the Act provides the judicial procedure of the Tribunal. As per the procedure each application moved under sections 14 and 15 or an appeal under section 16 shall be made to the Tribunal in such form, contain such particulars, and, be accompanied by such documents and such fees as prescribed within the rules made by the Central Government notified on 4th April 2011 by MoEF (details that of available on the website of MoEF). As per Clause (2) of Section 18, an application for grant of relief or compensation or settlement of dispute maybe made to the Tribunal by- (a) the person, who has sustained the injury; or (b) the owner of the property to which the damage has been caused;

or (c) where death has resulted from the environmental damage, by all

or any of the legal representatives of the deceased; or (d) any agent duly authorized by such person or owner of such

property or all or any of the legal representatives of the deceased, as the case may be; or

(e) any person aggrieved, including any representative body or organization; or

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(f) the Central Government or a State Government or a Union territory Administration or the Central Pollution Control Board or a State Pollution Control Board or a Pollution Control Committee or a local authority, or any environmental authority constituted or established under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 or any other law for the time being in force:

Provided that where all the legal representatives of the deceased

have not joined in any such application for compensation or relief or settlement of dispute, the application shall be made on behalf of, or, for the benefit of all the legal representatives of the deceased and the legal representatives who have not so joined shall be impleaded as respondents to the application:

Provided further that the person, the owner, the legal representative, agent, representative body or organization shall not be entitled to make an application for grant of relief or compensation or settlement of dispute if such person, the owner, the legal representative, agent, representative body or organization have preferred an appeal under section 16.

(3) The application, or as the case may be, the appeal filed before the Tribunal under this Act shall be dealt with by it as expeditiously as possible and endeavour shall be made by it to dispose of the application, or, as the case may be, the appeal, finally within six months from the date of filing of the application, or as the case may be, the appeal, after providing the parties concerned an opportunity to be heard.

Also as per Section 19 (I) of the Act, the Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 or by the rules of evidence contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and the Tribunal shall have power to regulate its own procedure. However the Tribunal shall have, for the purposes of discharging its functions under this Act, the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 while trying a suit.

Judicial Proceedings Further all proceedings before the Tribunal shall be deemed to be the

judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193, 219 and 228 for the purposes of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code and the Tribunal shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Principles to be adopted

As per Section 20 of the Act, the Tribunal shall, while passing any order or decision or award, apply the principles of sustainable development, the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle.

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Procedure

PROCEDURE OF BUSINESS / COURT IN NGT Vide Notification dated 4th April, 2011 (G.S.R. 296 (E)), in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of Section 4 read with Section 35 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, the Central Government (MoEF) framed rules namely, the National Green Tribunal (Practices and Procedure) Rules, 2011, prescribing for Practices and Procedure for the adjudicatory process in NGT. Procedure for filing application or appeal :

(1) An application or appeal to the Tribunal under Section 18 shall be presented in Form I by the applicant or appellant, as the case may be, in person or by an agent or by a duly authorised legal practitioner, to the Registrar or any other officer authorised in writing by the Registrar to receive the same or be sent by registered post with acknowledgement duly addressed to the Registrar of the Tribunal or and sent to concerned place of sitting : Provided that where the application is for relief and compensation, it shall be made in Form II.

(2) The application or appeal, as the case may be, under sub-rule (1) shall be presented in triblicate in the following two compilations – (i) Compilation No. 1 – application or appeal, as the case

may be, along with the impugned order, if any; (ii) Compilation No. 2 – all other documents and

annexures referred to in the application or appeal, in a paper book form.

(3) Where the number of respondents is more than one, as many extra copies of the application or appeal, in paper-book form as there are respondents together with unused file size envelope bearing the full address of each respondent shall be furnished by the applicant or appellant, as the case may be : Provided that where the number of respondents is more than five, the Registrar may permit the applicant or appellant, as the case may be, to file the extra copies of the application or appeal, as the case may be, at the time of issue of notice to the respondents.

(4) The applicant or appellant, as the case may be, may attach to, and present with, his application or appeal, as the case may

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be, a receipt slip in Form III which shall be signed by the Registrar or the officer receiving the application or appeal on behalf of the Registrar in acknowledgement of the receipt of the application or appeal.

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (1) to (3), the Tribunal may permit more than one person to join together and file a single application or appeal, as the case may be, if it is satisfied, having regard to the cause and the nature of relief prayed for that they have a common interest in the matter :

Provided that such permission may also be granted to an agent representing the person desirous of joining in a single application or appeal provided, however, that the application or appeal shall disclose the class, grade, categories or persons on whose behalf it has been filed : Provided further that at least one affected person joins such an application or appeal.

Presentation and scrutiny of application or appeal : 1. The Registrar, or the office authorised by him under rule 8,

shall endorse on every application or appeal, as the case may be, the date on which it is presented or deemed to have been presented under that rule and shall sign the endorsement.

2. If, on scrutiny, the application or appeal, as the case may be, is found to be in order, it shall be duly registered in a register in Form IV and assigned a serial number.

Rectification of defects : 1. If on scrutiny, any application or pleadings filed in the

Tribunal is found to be defective, the Registrar or the authorised officer of the Registry shall notify in Form V on the Notice Board of the Tribunal fixing the time for rectifying the same.

2. The papers shall be returned to the party or his legal practitioner only after obtaining acknowledgment thereof in the Inward Register.

3. The Registrar may, for good and sufficient reasons extend the time for rectifying the defects, provided the total period for rectification including the extended period does not exceed thirty days.

4. If the party or his legal practitioner consists the office objection and the Registrar is not satisfied, the matter shall be placed before the Tribunal for appropriate orders.

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5. If the party or his legal practitioner rectifies the defects and represents the application or appeal or pleading within the time granted, the Registrar on being satisfied may order for its registration and acceptance and numbering as specified in rule 9.

Place of filing application or appeal : An application or appeal, as the case may be, shall ordinarily be filed by an applicant or appellant, as the case may be, with the Registrar of the Tribunal at its ordinary place of sitting falling within the jurisdiction, the cause of action, wholly or in part, has arisen.

Fee (1) An application or appeal where compensation has been claimed,

shall be accompanied by a fee of equivalent to one per cent of the amount of compensation claimed, subject to a minimum of one thousand rupees:

Provided that where the Tribunal permits a single application or appeal to be filed either by more than one person or by an association of persons, the fee payable shall be equivalent to one per cent of the total amount of compensation claimed.

Provided further that, there shall be no fee for filing of application or appeal for claiming compensation by any person who is below the poverty line determined in accordance with the guidelines or instructions issued by the Central Government or the State Government from time to time in this regard or indigent person determined in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 Of 2008).

(2) An application or appeal where no compensation has been claimed

shall be accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.

(3) The fee under this rule shall be remitted either in form of a crossed demand draft drawn on a nationalized bank in favour of the Registrar payable at the main branch of that bank at the station where the place of sitting of the Tribunal is situated or remitted through a crossed Indian Postal Order drawn in favour of the Registrar and payable at the Post Office of the station where the sitting of the Tribunal is situated.

The purposes of Compensation or relief or restitution

(1) The amount by way of compensation or relief to the victim or

restitution Compensation or relief of property and the environment, ordered by the Tribunal to be paid or restitution shall he remitted to the authority, specified under sub-section

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(3) of section 7A 01 'he Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 (6 of 1991), within a period of thirty days from the date of order or award or as otherwise ordered by the Tribunal.

(2) In the case of failure to remit the amount by the concerned person, under sub-rule (I ), within the time so specified, the District Collector of the concerned district shall file a complaint, before the Court having jurisdiction, under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Act.

(3) The amount referred to in sub-rule (1), shall be credited

to the Environment Relief Fund under section 24 of the Act for utilisation under any heads specified in Schedule II of the Act.

(4) A separate account shall be created and maintained by the authority referred to in sub-rule (1) for the purpose of receiving and disbursement of the amount pursuant to the order or award of the Tribunal.

Procedure for disbursement of relief or compensation or restitution of property damaged

(1) A copy of the award or order or decision of the Tribunal passed under of relief or compensation clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Act shall or restitution of property be transmitted to the authority referred to in sub-rule (I) of 35 and the damaged District Collector having local jurisdiction for disbursement.

(2) The authority referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 35 shall transfer the amount so deposited in the Environment Relief Fund to the concerned District Collector within a period of thirty days from the date of deposit.

(3) The District Collector shall arrange to disburse the amount of compensation or relief and restitution of property damaged within a period of thirty days of the receipt of the amount under sub-rule (2),to the affected persons or victims of pollution or other environmental damages arising under the enactments specified in Schedule-I, under the heads specified in Schedule II, to the Act.

Procedure for disbursement of amount for restitution of environment

(1) For the purpose of restitution of environment of such

area or areas, affected by pollution and other environmental damage arising under the enactments specified in the Schedule-I to the Act, the concerned department of the

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State Government dealing with environment and forests shall be the Nodal Agency for execution of projects or scheme or schemes for restoration and remediation of environment in accordance with the direction or award of the Tribunal.

(2) A copy of the award or order or decision of the Tribunal passed under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Act shall be transmitted to the authority referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 35 and the Nodal Agency for disbursement.

(3) The authority referred to in sub-rule (l) of rule 35 shall transfer the amount so deposited in the Environment Relief Fund to the concerned Nodal Agency within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of the Tribunal.

(4) The Nodal Agency shall execute' such projects or scheme or schemes by itself or through other Department or authority or agency of the State Government or in such manner as may be directed by the Tribunal.

(5) Till projects or scheme or schemes referred to in sub-rule (4) prepared by the Nodal Agency shall commence within a period of one hundred eighty days from the date of the order or award of the Tribunal.

(6) The Nodal Agency or other Department or authority or agency referred to in sub-rule (4) may associate expert agencies, like, the State Pollution Control Board or other technical institutions having expertise in the formulation and execution of project or schemes for restitution of environment, in accordance with the directions of the Tribunal.

Administrative Procedure The Tribunal follows the general office procedure as prescribed

in Manual of Office Procedure.

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4 (1) (b) (iv)

The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions

Norms for Binding nature of the Decisions

Section 21 of the Act provides that the decision of the Tribunal by majority of Members shall be binding and in case there is a difference of opinion among the Members hearing an application or appeal, and the opinion is equally divided, the Chairperson shall hear (if he has not heard earlier such application or appeal) such application or appeal and decide but if the Chairperson himself has heard such application or appeal alongwith other Members of the Tribunal, and then if there is a difference of opinion among the Members in such cases and the opinion is equally divided, he shall refer the matter to other Members of the Tribunal who shall hear such application or appeal and decide.

An appeal against any award, decision or orders of the Tribunal

According to Section 22, an appeal against any award, decision or order of the Tribunal, shall lie to the Supreme Court, within ninety days from the date of communication of the award, decision or order of the Tribunal. Provided that the Supreme Court may entertain any appeal after the expiry of ninety days, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal.

Cost Section 23 (I) of the Act provides a provision for imposing cost, while disposing of an application or an appeal under this Act. Also that if the Tribunal holds that a claim is not maintainable or is false or vexatious, and such claim is disallowed, in whole or in part, the Tribunal may, if it so thinks fit, after recording its reasons for holding such claim to be false or vexatious, make an order to award costs, including lost benefits due to any interim injunction.

Execution of the Decision As per Section 25 of the Act, an award or order or decision of Tribunal shall be executable as a decree of a civil court and for this purpose, the Tribunal shall have all the powers of the civil court or may transmit it to a civil court having local jurisdiction.

Penalty for non compliance of the orders / decisions

The provisions of Section 26 (1) of the Act provide a procedure for a penalty for non compliance. It mandates that whoever fails to comply with any order or award or decision of the Tribunal under this Act, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to ten crore rupees, or

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with both and in case the failure or contravention continues, with additional fine which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees for every day during which such failure or contravention continues after conviction for the first such failure or contravention. Provided that in case a company fails to comply with any order or award or a decision of the Tribunal under this Act, such company shall be punishable with tine which may extend to twenty-five crore rupees, and in case the failure or contravention continues, with additional fine which may extend to one lakh rupees for every day during which such failure or contravention continues after conviction for the first such failure or contravention.

4(1) (b) (v)

The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records held

by it or under its control or used by its employees for

discharging its functions :

The Tribunal follows the rules, regulations, instructions and manuals as prescribed or

framed by nodal Ministerial / Department. NO separate rules, regulations, instructions,

manuals have been framed, required for the access to the public.

The rules and regulations

The NGT Act, 2010 and the NGT (Practices and Procedure) Rules, 2011 framed therein are already available on the official website of MoEF and NGT.

Instructions Official circulars/Orders/instructions are the internal records in the office

that are issued for the general administration and exclusively for the official purposes of NGT.

Manuals and the Records(doc.) held by it or under its control or used for discharging of its functions

RTI Manuals containing all details is on the website of NGT. No other office manual being the NGT is an adjudicatory body.

Details of the Records : A. Administrative Records

The General Registers and Files with the Administrative Branch are relating to the General Admn. & the Protocol etc.

B. Accounts Records The General Registers and the corresponding files with the accounts section are relating to the matters concerning accounts / budget of the NGT.

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C. Filing Section Records (i) The General Registers with the Filing Section are relating to

institution and the receiving of the transferred cases that are to be placed before the Benches of the Tribunal.

(ii) Six Forms, I to VI as prescribed under rule 8(1) ,Under sec. 18(I) read with Sections 14,15,16 & 17 of the NGT Act, 2010), under rule 8(4), rule 10, rule 34 and rule 29 respectively are relating to the procedure and business of the Tribunal.

(iii) The Judicial files and the relevant judicial records of the cases are for placing before the Benches for hearing as per the Cause List prepared on day to day basis. (Cause List available on the Website)

(iv) Orders / judgments delivered by the Benches.The same are also available on the official website of NGT (www.greentribunal.gov.in) and in Judgment Today (NGT) and are available for acess for the public.

4 (1) (b) (vi)

A statement of the categories of documents that are held

by it or under its control.

The categories of documents are the same as detailed in the column of records above mentioned in 4 (1) (b) (v).

4 (1) (b) (vii)

The particulars of any arrangement that exist for consultation with, or

representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation

of its policy or implementation thereof :

NGT being a statutory adjudicatory body like Courts that functions on its original and appellate side on filing of an application or appeal as a Court (Tribunal), thus there exists no rules relating to any arrangement that exist for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation.

Moreso, for formulation of its policy, there exists a Policy and Law Division with MoEF, being MoEF is the administrative Ministry for National Green Tribunal.

http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/

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4 (1) (b) (viii)

A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice. In the partial modification of the orders dated 13th August, 2013, 19th September, 2013, 20th January, 2015 and 25th March, 2015, the Hon'ble Chairperson has been pleased to constitute the following Committees for effective and smooth functioning of NGT, effected from 25th March, 2015:-

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE :

1. Hon'ble Mr. Justice U.D. Salvi, Judicial Member Chairman

2. Hon'ble Dr. D.K. Agrawal, Expert Member Member

3. Hon'ble Prof. A.R. Yousuf, Expert Member Member

FINANCE COMMITTEE :

1. Hon'ble Mr. Justice U.D.Salvi/Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.S.Nambiar, Judicial Member Chairman

2. Hon'ble Mr. Bikram Singh Sajwan, Expert Member Member


PURCHASE COMMITTEE/COMPUTER COMMITTEE :

1. Hon'ble Mr. Justice U.D. Salvi, Judicial Member Chairman

2. Hon'ble Dr. D.K. Agrawal, Expert Member Member



VEHICLE / CAR COMMITTEE :

1. Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. S. Nambiar, Judicial Member Chairman


LIBRARY COMMITTEE :

1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice U.D. Salvi, Judicial Member Chairman

2. Hon’ble Dr. D.K. Agrawal, Expert Member Member

3. Hon’ble Prof. A.R. Yousuf, Expert Member Member

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RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE :



3. Registrar General Member

SCREENING COMMITTEE :




BUDGET COMMITTEE :




RULES COMMITTEE :




BUILDING MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE :


2. Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. S. Nambiar, Judicial Member Member




TENDER COMMITTEE :

1. Hon’ble Dr. D.K. Agrawal, Expert Member Chairman


3. Sh. Ram Swaroop, Dy. Controller of Accounts Member

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4(1) (b) (ix)

A Directory of its officers and employees of


(HON’BLE CHAIRPERSON, JUDICIAL MEMBERS,

EXPERT MEMBERS, REGISTRARS / DY. REGISTRAR)


Principal Bench, Faridkot House, New Delh110001

LIST OF TELEPHONE NOS. AS ON 01.09.2014 (Registrar General) Tel. No. : 011-23043501(O)

Fax No : 011- 23077931

Email: [email protected]

HON’BLE CHAIRPERSON AND HON’BLE JUDICIAL MEMBERS

S. NO.

NAME CPABX NO 011-23043

OFFICE TEL. NOS.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar Hon’ble Chairperson

Extn-505

NGT, Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi-110001.

011-23043505 (O) 011-23380001 (O) 011-23380009 (O)

Ms. Sindhu Krishnakumar PPS to Hon’ble Chairperson

Extn-507

NGT, Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi-110001.

011-23077902 (O) 011-23077937 (O) 011-23043507 (O) 011-23077933 (Fax)

1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice U.D. Salvi Judicial Member

Extn-506 NGT, Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi-110001.

011-23043506 (O)

2. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. S. Nambiar Judicial Member


011-23043503 (O)

HON’BLE EXPERT MEMBERS

1. Hon’ble Dr. Devendra Kumar Agrawal Expert Member


011-23043540 (O)

2. Hon’ble Prof. A.R. Yousuf Expert Member


011-23043535 (O)

3. Hon’ble Shri Bikram Singh Sajwan Expert Member


011-23043537 (O)

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SOUTHERN ZONE BENCH, 950/1, TNPCB BUILDING P.H. ROAD, ARUMBAKKAM, CHENNAI

1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Chokalingam Judicial Member

NGT Southern Zone Bench, 950/1, TNPCB Building, P.H. Road, Arumbakkam, Chennai.

044-26264023 (O)

2. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. P. Jyothimani Judicial Member


3. Hon’ble Prof.(Dr.) R. Nagendran Expert Member


044-26264022 (O)

4. Hon’ble Shri P.Satyanarayana Rao Expert Member


CENTRAL ZONE BENCH, STATE COMMISSION BHAWAN, 3RD FLOOR, ARERA HILLS, BHOPAL-462011

1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dalip Singh Judicial Member

NGT Central Zonal Bench, State Commission Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Arera Hills, Bhopal-462011.

0755-2578010 (O)

2. Hon’ble Shri Ranjan Chatterjee Expert Member

NGT Central Zonal Bench, State Commission Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Arera Hills, Bhopal-462011.

0755-2578011 (O)

WESTERN ZONE BENCH, NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, B-WING,

OPPOSITE COUNCIL HALL, PUNE

1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.R. Kingaonkar Judicial Member

NGT Western Zone Bench, New Administration Building, 1st Floor, B-Wing, Opposite Council Hall, Pune.

020-26056020 (O)

2. Hon’ble Dr. Ajay A. Deshpande Expert Member

NGT Western Zone Bench, New Administration Building, 1st Floor, B-Wing, Opposite Council Hall, Pune.

020-26140448 (O)

EASTERN ZONE BENCH, BLOCK-III B, 3RD FLOOR OF FINANCE CENTRE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

ACTION AREA-II, PO & PS : NEW TOWN, KOLKATA-700157, WEST BENGAL

1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pratap Kumar Ray Judicial Member

NGT Eastern Zone Bench, Block-III, Block-III B, 3rd Floor of Finance Centre, Central Business District Action Area-II, PO & PS : New Town, Kolkata-700157, West Bengal.

033-23240081 (O)

2. Hon’ble Prof.(Dr.) P.C. Mishra Expert Member

NGT Eastern Zone Bench, Block-III, Block-III B, 3rd Floor of Finance Centre, Central Business District Action Area-II, PO & PS : New Town, Kolkata-700157, West Bengal.

033-23240091 (O)

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NGT PRINCIPAL BENCH, FARIDKOT HOUSE, COPERNICUS MARG, NEW DELHI-110001

S.No NAME AND DESIGNATION CPABX NO

011-23043

TELEPHONE NUMBER

1. Mr. Sanjay Kumar

Registrar General

Extn-508 011-23043501(O)

011-23077931(Fax)

2. Ms. Durga Malhotra

Consultant/PS to Registrar General

Extn-532 011-23043532 (O)

Mr. Rahul Kumar Choudhary

PA to Registrar General

Extn-533 011-23043533 (O)

3. Mrs. Sheetal Sharma, Deputy Registrar Extn-509 011-23043509(O)

011-23077930 (Fax)

4. Ms. Prachi Nautiyal PA to Dy. Registrar Extn-519 011-23043519 (O)

5. Mr. Rabish Kumar, Section Officer, Admin

Mr. Deepak Arun Mahajan, Section Officer, Admin

Protocol Section

Extn-500

Extn-521

Extn-520

011-23043521 (O)

011-23043515 (Fax)

011-23043520 (O)

6. Mr. Ram Swaroop, Deputy Controller of Accounts Extn-516 011-23043516 (O)

7. Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Astt. Accounts Officer Extn-516 011-23043516 (O)

8. Mr. Chetan Chawla, Accounts Officer Extn-532 011-23043532 (O)

9. Mr. R. K. Goel, Consultant (Judicial-I) Extn-544 011-23043544 (O)

10. Mr. S. S. Mishra, Assistant Registrar (Judicial-II) Extn-548 011-23043548 (O)

11. Library Section Extn-518 011-23043518 (O)

12. Computer Section Extn-510 011-23043510 (O)

13. Mr. Dibyendu Kar, Section Officer, Store Section Extn-517 011-23043517 (O)

14. Mr. S. Murli Krishna , Section Officer Extn-517 011-23043517 (O)

15. Ms. Sonia Suhag, Section Officer, General Administration Extn-552 011-23043552 (O)

16. R & D Section Extn-528 011-23043528 (O)

17. Care Taker Extn-543 011-23043543 (O)

SOUTHERN ZONE BENCH, 950/1, TNPCB BUILDING P.H. ROAD, ARUMBAKKAM, CHENNAI

1. Sh. P. Mohan Raj, Registrar 044-2626 4021 (O)

2. Shri S. Kumar, Dy. Registrar 044-26264025(O)

044-26264024 (Fax)

CENTRAL ZONE BENCH, STATE COMMISSION BHAWAN, 3RD FLOOR, ARERA HILLS, BHOPAL-462011

1. Shri M.P. Tiwari, Registrar 0755-2575745 (O)

0755-2575680 (Fax)

2. Mrs. Ruchi Sonkar, Section Officer 0755-2579745 (O)

0755-2575680 (Fax)

WESTERN ZONE BENCH, NEW ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, B-WING, OPPOSITE COUNCIL HALL, PUNE

1. Mr. K.L. Vyas, Registrar 020-26350161 (O)

2. Bora Ashok, Section Officer 020-26056030 (O)

EASTERN ZONE BENCH, BLOCK-III B, 3RD FLOOR OF FINANCE CENTRE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

ACTION AREA-II, PO & PS : NEW TOWN, KOLKATA-700157, WEST BENGAL

1. Mr. Asish Kumar Senapati, Registrar 033-23240094 (O)

033-23240089 (O)

2. Mr. Subodh Sharma, Dy. Registrar 033-23244064 (O)

033-23240089 (O)

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(OFFICERS / STAFFS)

(I) HON’BLE CHAIRPERSON

SL.

NO.

NAME POST/POSTING NATURE OF POST

(Regular/ Depu./ Outsourced)

OFFICE

1. Arjun Kumar Maurya Driver Regular

2. Vikram Singh MTS Regular

3. Amresh Singh MTS Regular

RESIDENTIAL OFFICE / RESIDENCE

1. Avinash Thakur Steno-C Regular

2. Pramod MTS Regular

3. Natho Nag MTS Regular

4. Vinay Kumar MTS Regular

5. Pradeep MTS / Driver Contractual

6. Jan Prasad Adhikari Court Attendant Absorbed

7. Paras Bhatia PA Diverted Capacity

(II) HON’BLE MEMBERS

(A) STENOGRAPHER

1. Ankit Manocha HJM U.D. Salvi Regular

2. Ms. Anita Kumar HJM M.S. Nambiar Regular

3. Ms. Jyoti Gautam HEM Dr. D.K. Agrawal Regular

4. Ms. Rajni Pruthi HEM Prof. A.R. Yousuf Regular

5. Avinash Gautam HEM Mr. B.S. Sajwan Regular

STENOGRAPHERS POOL

1. Himanshu Bisht Regular

2. Nitin Tangania Pool / CPIO Regular

3. Ms. Preeti Aneja Regular

4. Ms. Shilpa Nagpal Regular

(B) DRIVERS

1. Sunil Kumar HJM U.D. Salvi DL9CAZ0013 Contractual

2. Narender Justice M. S. Nambiar DL9CAZ0026 Contractual

3. Parvesh Kumar HEM Prof. A.R. Yousuf DL9CAZ0018 Regular

4. Mukesh Kumar HEM Mr. B.S. Sajwan DL9CAZ0020 Regular

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DRIVERS POOL

1. Prem Prakash Contractual

2. Gaurav Chaudhary Contractual

3. Nand Kishore Regular

4. Narender Singh Regular

5. Dheeraj Kumar Regular

6. Lokesh Kumar Contractual

(C) MTS

1. Praveen Kumar HMJ U.D. Salvi Regular

2. N. Karthik HMJ U.D. Salvi

(Residence)

Regular

3. Bitu Bhati HMJ M.S.Nambiar Contractual

4. Sam Sundar K. HMJ M.S. Nambiar

(Residence)

Contractual

5. Arjun HEM Dr. D.K. Agrawal Regular

6. Manas Rout HEM Prof. A.R. Yousuf Contractual

7. Pratap Singh Gosain HEM Prof. A.R. Yousuf

(Residence)

Contractual

8. Bhanu Pratap HEM Mr. B.S. Sajwan Contractual

9. Mukesh Singh Rawat HEM Sh. Ranjan

Chatterjee (Residence)

Regular

(III) COURT NO. 1

1. Suresh Chander Sharma PA / Steno ‘C’ / Court

Master

Deputation

2. Ms. Anju PA / Steno ‘C’ / Court

Master

Regular

3. Ankit Suri Office Assistant Contractual

4. Y. Narayan Usher / MTS Regular

(IV) COURT NO. 2

1. Dharamveer Steno ‘D’ Regular

2. Vijay Kumar Singh Assistant Regular

3. Laxmi Usher / MTS Regular

(V) LAW CLERKS

1. Ms. Ridhi Kackar Contractual

2. Richa Chaturvedi Contractual

3. Upama Bhattacharjee Contractual

4. Sumit Kapoor Contractual

5. Chirag Joshi Contractual

6. Pallavi Chauhan Contractual

(VI) TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

1. Ms. Anu Chetal Attached to HEM B. S.

Sajwan Contractual

2. Praveen Kumar Dubey Attached to HEM Dr.

D.K. Agrawal & HEM

Prof. A.R. Yousuf

Contractual

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REGISTRY

(VII) OFFICE OF REGISTRAR GENERAL

1. Mrs. Durga Malhotra PS (Consultant) Contractual

2. Rahul Kumar Choudhary

PA On Diverted Capacity

3. Dharmender MTS Regular

(VIII) OFFICE OF DY. REGISTRAR

1. Ms. Prachi Nautiyal

Steno-C (PA) Regular

2. Ms. Sarita MTS Contractual

3. Deepak Thakur MTS Contractual

(IX) OFFICE OF DY. REGISTRAR-CUM-PPS

1. Ms. Sindhu Krishnakumar D.R. cum PPS Deputation

2. Varun Kumar MTS Contractual

3. Brajesh Pal MTS Contractual

(X) JUDICIAL SECTION I

1. Mr. R. K. Goel Consultant Contractual

2. Ms. Komal Yadav Jain Assistant Regular

3. Mohit Nagpal Steno-C/Office Assistant Regular

4. Ms. Eliza Assistant

(Also in Record Room)

Regular

5. Prabhat Kumar MTS Regular

6. Deepmala MTS Regular

7. Sunil Kumar MTS Contractual

8. Anil Mural MTS Contractual

9. Trilochan Upadhyay MTS Contractual

(XI) JUDICIAL SECTION II

1. Mr. S. S. Mishra Assistant Registrar Deputation

2. Ms. Aarti Moorjani Office Assistant Contractual

3. Mahendra Srivastava Steno ‘D’ (Hindi) /

Office Assistant

Regular

4. Janak Raj MTS Regular

5. Arun Kumar MTS Regular

6. Mohit Nagar MTS Contractual

7. Rajeev Gill MTS Contractual

(XII) FILING COUNTER

1. Chandan Kumar Singh Assistant Contractual

2. Pradeep Biswas MTS Contractual

3. Sanjay Kumar MTS Contractual

(XIII) RECORD ROOM (DECIDED)

1. Nikhil Sharma MTS Contractual

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(XIV) ACCOUNT SECTION

1. Mr. Ram Swaroop Deputy Controller of

Accounts

Deputation

2. Chetan Chawla Accounts Officer Deputation

3. Sanjay Kumar AAO Deputation

4. Raj Singh Consultant Contractual

5. Narinder Kumar Consultant Contractual

6. Ms. Vandana Accountant Regular

7. Shivom Vashistha Accountant Regular

8. Bhupender DEO Contractual

9. Narender Kumar DEO Contractual

10. Lalit Dutt Pathak MTS Regular

11. Dheerendra Kumar Gupta MTS Regular

12. Deepak Kumar MTS Regular

(XV) ADMINISTRATION

1. Rabish Kumar Section Officer Deputation

2. Deepak Arun Mahajan Section Officer Deputation

3. Manoj Kumar Assistant Regular

4. Ms. Geeta Joshi MTS Regular

5. Punit Uniyal MTS Regular

6. Ms. Veena MTS Contractual

7. Ramesh Kumar MTS Contractual

(XVI) PROTOCOL

1. Subhash C. Nitharwal Steno-C (Hindi) / Office

Assistant

Regular

2. Ms. Priyanka Sharma Office Assistant Contractual

3. Raju Giri MTS Regular

4. Mohd. Zuned Khan MTS Regular

5. Manjay Kamat MTS Contractual

(XVII) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

1. Ms. Sonia Suhag Section Officer Deputation

2. R.D. Khairwal Consultant Contractual

3. Ms. Prerna Goel Assistant Regular

4. Ankit Goyal MTS Contractual

5. Dinesh Kumar MTS Contractual

(XVIII) STORE SECTION

1. Dibyendu Kar Section Officer Deputation

2. S. Murli Krishna Section Officer Deputation

3. Naveen Kumar Singh Assistant Regular

4. Mansab Ali MTS Regular

5. Jitender Kumar MTS Regular

6. Rajesh Rajoria MTS Contractual

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(XIX) CARETAKING BRANCH

1. Ms. Jyoti Prusthi Assistant Contractual

2. Sanjay MTS Regular

3. Leelu MTS Regular

4. Ashok Kumar MTS Regular

(XX) HOUSE KEEPING

1. Ranjeet Rajouria

MTS

(Also in Care Taking)

Contractual

2. Ajay Pal MTS Contractual

(XXI) R & D SECTION

1. Pradeep Kumar Clerk Contractual

2. Ashish Sharma MTS Regular

3. Ashwani Kumar MTS Regular

4. Manoj Kumar MTS Contractual

(XXII) LIBRARY SECTION

1. Ms. Kanchan Sharma Assistant – cum Library

Incharge

Contractual

2. Varun Handa MTS Contractual

3. Ms. Lata Kotia MTS Regular

4. Shyam Sunder MTS Contractual

(XXIII) COMPUTER SECTION

1. Ms. Kalawati Office Assistant /

Incharge Comp.

Contractual

2. Gopal Singh Computer Clerk Contractual

3. Badri Prasad MTS Regular

4. Rahul Suryavanshi MTS Contractual

(XXIV) HINDI TRANSLATOR

1. Anshumala Hindi Translator Regular

2. Brijesh Kumar Yadav Hindi Translator Regular

3. Radhey Shyam Hindi Translator Regular

(XXV) HOSPITALITY

1. Om Prakash MTS Regular

2. Vinod Kumar MTS Contractual

(XXVI) MTS POOL

1. Puneet Tiwari MTS Contractual

2. Vinay Kumar MTS Regular

3. Haroon B. MTS Regular

4. Mohd. Yaqoob MTS Regular

(XXVII) RTI CELL

1. Chetan Chawla CPIO Deputation

2. Mr. S. S. Mishra APIO / Judicial Deputation

3. Ms. Sonia Suhag APIO / Admin. Deputation

4. Nitin Tangania Steno-C Regular

5. Sanjay Negi MTS Contractual

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Position of Existing Staff (Regular/Contractual) in Southern Zonal Bench (Chennai), NGT

(No. 950/1, 2nd& 3rd Floor, Poonamallee High Road, Arumbakkam,Chennai-600 106)

SL.

NO.

NAME POST NATURE OF POST


1. S. Kumar Dy. Registrar Deputation

2. A. V. Pradeepkumar Assistant Registrar Deputation

3. V. Sankaran Section Officer Deputation

4. R. Radhakrishnan PA/ Steno – C Deputation

5. Santosh Kumar Accountant Regular

6. R Murali Kumar Consultant Contractual

7. R Subburam Consultant Contractual

8. E. Gajalakashmi Consultant Contractual

9. B. Annamalai Consultant Contractual

10. G. Vasanthi Consultant Contractual

11. K. Rajamanickam Consultant (Steno) Contractual

12. A. Kandasamy Consultant (Steno) Contractual

13. K. Thirumoorthy Librarian Contractual

14. R. Muthulaksmi Office Assistant Contractual

15. M. Radhikaa Office Assistant Contractual

16. J. Poornima Hindi Translator Regular

17. D. Mohan Kumar MTS (Office) Regular

18. P. Shanmuga Sundaram MTS (Office) Regular

19. Abdul Rahim MTS (Office) Regular

20. S. Ashok MTS (Office) Contractual

21. Solaialagan A. MTS (Office) Contractual

LAW CLERK

22. Neema Suresh Law Clerk Contractual

23. Nichu Willington Law Clerk Contractual

DRIVERS ATTACHED TO HON’BLE MEMBERS

24. Christy Raj Sujith HJM M.Chokalingam DL9CAZ0027 Contractual

25. R. Jaleshvalan HJM Dr. P. Jyothimani Contractual

26. K. Suresh HEM Prof. R. Nagendran DL9CAZ0028 Contractual

27. A. Kamesh HEM Sh. P. S. Rao Contractual

MTS ATTACHED TO HON’BLE MEMBERS

28. K. Mahadevan HJM M. Chokalingam Contractual

29. S. Vinoth HJM Dr. P. Jyothimani Contractual

30. B. Sarvanan HEM Prof. R. Nagendran Regular

31. M. Lilly HEM Sh. P. S. Rao Contractual

35

Position of Existing Staff (Regular/Contractual) in Central Zonal Bench (Bhopal), NGT

(State Information Commission Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Arera Hills, Bhopal-462 011 (Madhya Pradesh)

SL.

NO.



1. Mrs. Ruchi Sonkar Section Officer Deputation

2. Shailash Kumar Sharma Assistant Regular

3. Mohammad Arif Accountant Regular

4. Mrs. Swati Abhyankar Office Assistant Contractual

5. Mukesh Prajapati Office Assistant Contractual

6. Azam Khan Office Assistant Contractual

7. Ms. Kavita Gurele Steno Contractual

8. Mrs. Sreevidya Steno Contractual

9. Vijay Kumar Purohit Court Master Contractual

10. Chaitanya Pathak Data Entry Operator Contractual

11. Vivi Samuel Panicker Data Entry Operator Contractual

12. Vinod Singh Rawat MTS (Office) Regular

13. Vishnu Prasad Prajapati MTS (Office) Contractual

14. Kailash Narayan Bhargava MTS (Office) Contractual

15. Pawan Kumar Shukla MTS (Office) Contractual

16. Iqbaluddin MTS (Office) Contractual

17. Samadhan Borde MTS (Office) Contractual

18. Santosh Kumar Shukla MTS (Office) Contractual

LAW CLERK

19. Priyanshu Pande Law Clerk Contractual

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

20. Pratosh Karbhari Technical Assistant Contractual

DRIVERS ATTACHED TO HON’BLE MEMBERS

21. Suresh Sadane HJM Mr.Justice Dalip Singh DL9CAZ0012 Contractual

22. Akhilesh Sen HEM Ranjan Chatterjee DL9CAZ0022 Contractual


23. Kawar Lal HJM Dalip Singh Contractual

24. Rajkumar Vishwakarma HEM Ranjan Chatterjee Contractual

36

Position of Existing Staff (Regular/Contractual) in Western Zonal Bench (Pune), NGT

(Western Zone Bench, New Administration Building, 1st Floor, B-Wing, Opposite Council Hall, Pune)

SL.

NO.



1. Bora Ashok Section Officer Deputation

2. Hidayatullah Karim Khan Steno ‘C’ Deputation

3. Ms. Kavita Kadam Assistant Regular

4. Ms. Sayani Ghosh Assistant Regular

5. Achal Sakhuja Assistant Regular

6. Prasanta Kumar Saha Accountant Regular

7. Vilas Krishnaji Wagh Consultant Contractual

8. Arvind J. Pathak Steno Contractual

9. Hindurao S. Gaikwad Steno Contractual

10. Mahesh M. Ambarle Office Assistant Contractual

11. Mrs. Usha Satish Pokale DEO & Lib. Incharge Contractual

12. Ms. Aruna Sarathe MTS Regular

13. Sandip D. Sonawane MTS (Office) Contractual

14. Sachin G. Kasture MTS (Office) Contractual

15. Vishal L. Kale MTS (Office) Contractual

16. Vinayak Sinkar MTS (Office) Contractual

17. Bhagwan V. Padul MTS Contractual

18. Jayant Kubade MTS Contractual

LAW CLERK

19. Ms. Meenakshi Mandal Law Clerk Contractual

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

20. Ms. Yogita S. Choudhary Technical Assistant Contractual

DRIVER ATTACHED TO HON’BLE MEMBERS

21. Dattatray Bhagwat Parade HMJ V.R.Kingaonkar DL9CAZ0011 Contractual

22. Dilip S. Ubale HEM Mr.A. Deshpandey DL9CAZ0017 Contractual


23. Mrs. Swapnali Sopan Parte HMJ V. R. Kingaonkar Contractual

24. Mrs. Shobha Dadaroa Rasal HEM Mr.A. Deshpandey Contractual

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Position of Existing Staff (Regular/Contractual) in Eastern Zonal Bench (Kolkata), NGT

(Block-III B, 3rd Floor of Finance Centre, Central Business District Action Area-II, PO & PS : New Town, Kolkata-700157, West Bengal)

SL.

NO.



1. Subodh Sharma Dy. Registrar Deputation

2. Ms. Zeba Praveen Assistant Regular

3. Vivek Kumar Patel Assistant Regular

4. Sampa Bose Steno-C Deputation

5. Kamalendu De Consultant (Admn. &

Protocol)

Contractual

6. Ajay Kumar Chinya Consultant Contractual

7. Umesh Chandra Nayak MTS Regular

8. Binay Agarwal MTS Contractual

9. Dibyendu Gupta MTS Contractual

10. Biswanath Roy MTS Contractual

11. Sidhartha Shankar Jha MTS Contractual

LAW CLERK

12. Ms. Sayantani Sen Law Clerk Contractual

13. Shruti Goswami Law Clerk Contractual

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

14. Ms. Pallavi Nayak Technical Assistant Contractual

MTS ATTACHED TO HON’BLE MEMBER

15. Ms. Mithu Santra (Dhara) HMJ Pratap Kumar Ray Contractual

16. Bikram Sahu HEM Prof.(Dr.)P.C. Mishra Contractual

DRIVER ATTACHED TO HON’BLE MEMBERS

(Daily Wage Basis)

17. Sudhir Kumar

HMJ Pratap Kumar Ray WB-26S-9066 Contractual

18. Swarup Kumar Pyne HEM Prof.(Dr.)P.C. Mishra WB-26S-9067 Contractual

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4 (1) (b) (x)

The monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees,

including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations

The monthly Pay Structure provided for remuneration and received by

each of its officers and employees

Sl.

No

Name of the Post Pay

Band

Grade

Pay

No. of posts Employees

recruited

Remuneration

received

Hqrs.

(Delhi)

Other 4 places of

sitting of Tribunal Total

1. Registrar PB-4 Rs.8700 1 4 Kindly refer to SCI Orders

dated 12.05.2011,

03.05.2012 & 29.11.2013

passed in SLP (Civil) No.

12065/2009 in re. UOI Vs.

Vimal Bhai & Ors.

5 5 As per Judicial

Pay Commission

(Basic Pay)

RG (PB) – 70290

R (SZB) – 54010

R (CZB) – 55240

R (WZB) – 58930

R (EZB) – 63070

2. Deputy Registrar PB-3 Rs.7600 1 4 5 4 As per PB-3

3. Asstt. Registrar PB-3 Rs.6600 1 4 5 1 As per PB-3

4. PPS PB-3 Rs.6600 1 0 1 0 As per PB-3

5. Deputy Controller of

Accounts

PB-3 Rs.6600 1 0 1 1 As per PB-3

6. Accounts Officer PB-2 Rs.5400 1 0 1 1 As per PB-2

7. Hindi Officer PB-2 Rs.5400 1 0 1 0 As per PB-2

8. Section Officer PB-2 Rs.4800 3 8 11 8 As per PB-2

9. Private Secretary PB-2 Rs.4800 5 16 21 1 As per PB-2

10. Assistant / Assistant

(Judicial)

PB-2 Rs.4200 5 12 17 12 As per PB-2

11. Steno Grade ‘C’/ Court Master PB-2 Rs.4200 5 16 21 14 As per PB-2

12. Hindi Translator PB-2 Rs.4200 1 4 5 4 As per PB-2

13. Librarian PB-2 Rs.4200 1 4 5 0 As per PB-2

14. Steno Grade ‘D’ PB-1 Rs.2400 4 8 12 6 As per PB-1

15. Accountant PB-1 Rs.2400 1 4 5 5 As per PB-1

16. Driver (Special Grade) PB-2 Rs.4200 1 -- 1 0 As per PB-2

17. Staff Car Driver (Grade I) PB-1 Rs.2800 7 -- 7 0 As per PB-1

18. Driver (Grade II) PB-1 Rs.2400 6 -- 6 0 As per PB-1

19. Driver (Ordinary Post) PB-1 Rs.1900 7 -- 7 6 As per PB-1

20. Peon / Orderly / Court

Attendant

PB-1 Rs.1800 8 16 24 1 As per PB-1

TOTAL 61 100 161 69

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Monthly Remuneration to Contractual Employees

(As on 10.05.2015)

S.

No.

Name of the Post Presently

Appointed

Posting Pay/Remuneration

(In Rs.)

Total

(In Rs.)

1. Consultant 16 PB (Delhi) (5) 160000

440000 SZB (Chennai) (7) 190000

WZB (Pune) (2) 40000

EZB (Kolkata) (2) 50000

2. Office Assistant 12 PB (Delhi) (6) 150000

290000 SZB (Chennai) (2) 45000

CZB (Bhopal) (3) 75000

WZB (Pune) (1) 20000 3. Librarian 2 PB (Delhi) (1) 25000

50000 SZB (Chennai) (1) 25000

4. Stenographer 3 CZB (Bhopal) (2) 40000 55000

WZB(Pune) (1) 15000

5. Court Master 1 CZB (Bhopal) (1) 28000 28000

6. Data Entry Operator

5 PB (Delhi) (2) 30000

75000 CZB (Bhopal) (2) 30000

WZB(Pune) (1) 15000

7. Computer Clerk 1 PB (Delhi) (1) 15000 15000

8. Clerk 1 PB (Delhi) (1) 12000 12000 9. Law Clerks 12 PB (Delhi) (6) 150000

300000

SZB (Chennai) (2) 50000


WZB(Pune) (1) 25000

EZB (Kolkata) (2) 50000 10. Technical

Assistant 5 PB (Delhi) (2) 70000

175000 CZB (Bhopal) (1) 35000

WZB(Pune) (1) 35000


11. MTS 59 PB (Delhi) (34) 352716

553966



WZB(Pune) (8) 64400


12. Driver 12 PB (Delhi) (4) 45622

128614



WZB(Pune) (2) 20748


Total 129 2122580

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4 (1) (b) (xi)

The budged allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of

all plans,proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made

OBJECT HEADWISE BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR 2015-2016

OBJECT HEAD B.E.

(Rs. in

Thousands)

B.E.

for NGT

(Rs. in

Thousands)

B.E. for other

Authorities and for

MoEF for activities

to be undertaken for

implementation of

the provisions of the

NGT Act, 2010

(Rs. in Thousands)

3435.04.103.18.01.01 Salaries 80000 80000 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.02 Wages 100 100 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.03 Over Time Allowance 100 100 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.06 Medical Expenses 1300 1300 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.11 Domestic Travel Expenses 5500 5500 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.12 Foreign Travel Expenses 1000 1000 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.13 Office Expenses 105000 90000 15000

3435.04.103.18.01.14 Rent, Rates and Taxes 6000 6000 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.16 Publications 100 100 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.20 Other Admn. Expenses 5000 5000 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.21 Supplies and Materials 100 100 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.26 Advertising & Publicity 500 500 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.27 Minor Works 10000 10000 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.28 Professional Services 7500 5000 2500

3435.04.103.18.01.30 Other Contractual Services 4500 4500 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.31 Grant in Aid (GIA) General 4000 --- 4000 (Rs.10 lakh for

DTEPA under RE

Division and Rs.30 lakhs

for LoEA under CP

Division)

3435.04.103.18.01.36 Grants in Aid Salaries 8500 --- 8500 (Rs.25 lakh for

DTEPA under RE

Division and Rs.60 lakhs

for LoEA under CP

Division)

3435.04.103.18.01.50 Other Charges 500 500 ---

3435.04.103.18.01.51 Motor Vehicle 300 300 ---

TOTAL 240000 210000 17500

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4 (1) (b) (xii)& (xiii)

(xii) The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated

and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes

No subsidy programmes exists as NGT is a judicial body to adjudicate the disputes for matters relating to environment.

(xiii) Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it

No such recipient exists as NGT is a judicial body to adjudicate the disputes.

4 (1) (b) (xiv)

Details in respect of the information, available to or held by it,

reduced in an electronic form

Details of information :

1. The National Green Tribunal Act.

2. The Rules framed under the National Green Tribunal Act.

3. The orders / judgments / decisions.

4. Information relating to Recruitment of the officers / staffs

5. Information relating to Organization : The Chairperson, Members, Registrars, etc.

6. Calender of the NGT

7. Cause Lists

8. Judgment Today, NGT

The information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form

The National Green Tribunal Act 2010 and the Rules framed therein by the Central Government through the Ministry of Environment & Forests in exercise of powers under various provisions of the Act are available on the official website of MoEF & CC (www.envfor.nic) as well as on the website of NGT (www.greentribunal.gov.in).

The Orders / Judgments / Decisions are available on the website of NGT (www.greentribunal.gov.in).

The informations relating to Serial No. 4 to 7 are also available on the Website of NGT (www.greentribunal.gov.in).

http://www.envfor.nic/




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4 (1) (b) (xv)

The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information,

including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for

public use:

For obtaining information

1. There is a procedure of granting leave to inspect the records of the Tribunal as per Clause (g) of Rule 7 and of Rule 29 of the NGT (Practices & Procedure) Rules, 2011

(Please refer website of MoEF & CC (www.envfor.nic) for Notification dated 4th April, 2011).

2. Publication of orders / decisions in Authorized legal report or journal or press as per terms and conditions specified by Hon’ble Chairperson under Rule 25 of the above mentioned Rules.

3. Communication of orders / decisions in Authorized legal report or journal or

press as per terms and conditions and on payments of fees or cost specified by Hon’ble Chairperson under Rule 28 of the above mentioned Rules. (Please refer website of NGT (www.greentribunal.gov.in)

WORKING HOURS OF THE TRIBUNAL:

As per Rule 30 of the NGT (Practices & Procedure) Rules, 2011,

Except on 2nd Saturdays, Sundays and other Public Holidays, the Tribunal

shall remain open from 09.30 hrs.to 17.00 hrs. of a day.

(Please refer the Calender of NGT on website of NGT (www.greentribunal.gov.in) for holidays and of MoEF & CC (www.envfor.nic) for rules relating to working hours).

LIBRARY AND READING ROOM

Presently the Library and the Reading Room is available only for the Members, officers / staffs of the Tribunal, due to space constraints.





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4 (1) (b) (xvi)

The names, designations and other particulars

of the Public Information Officer

Sl. No. Designation Particular of the Designated Officer

1. First Appellate Authority Sh. Sanjay Kumar, Registrar General

National Green Tribunal (PB)

Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg,

New Delhi-110001

2. Central Public Information Officer

Shri Chetan Chawla, Accounts Officer



New Delhi-110001

3. Assistant Public Information Officer

(Judicial Section)

Mr. S. S. Mishra, Assistant Registrar



New Delhi-110001


(Administrative Section)

Ms. Sonia Suhag, Section Officer



New Delhi-110001


(SZB, Chennai)

Mr. V. Shankaran, Section Officer

National Green Tribunal (SZB)

No. 950/1, 2nd& 3rd Floor,

Poonamallee High Road,

Arumbakkam,Chennai-600 106


(CZB, Bhopal)

Ms. Ruchi Sonkar, Section Officer

National Green Tribunal (CZB)

State Information Commission Bhawan,

3rd Floor, Arera Hills, Bhopal-462 011

(Madhya Pradesh


(WZB, Pune)

Mr. V. K. Wagh, Consultant

National Green Tribunal (WZB)

New Administration Building,

1st Floor, B-Wing,

Opposite Council Hall, Pune


(EZB, Kolkata)

Mr. Subodh Sharma, Dy. Registrar

National Green Tribunal (EZB)

Block-III B, 3rd Floor of Finance

Centre, Central Business District Action

Area-II, PO & PS : New Town,

Kolkata-700157, West Bengal Note : National Green Tribunal has taken all the care and precaution at the time of preparing the RTI Manual, if

any clerical/typographical discrepancy is noticed please bring it to the notice of CPIO for correction.

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