Vkl Infrastructure Facilities ... vs 1. State Environment Impact ...

Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 6605 Ker
Judgement Date : 9 June, 2022

Kerala High Court
Vkl Infrastructure Facilities ... vs 1. State Environment Impact ... on 9 June, 2022
WP(C) No.8335/2022                         1/2

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
                                       PRESENT
                         THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH
             Thursday, the 14th day of June 2022 / 19th Jyaishta, 1944
                             WP(C) NO. 8335 OF 2022(N)
   PETITIONER:

          VKL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES PRIVATE LTD., MADAPURAM,
          KUTHIRAKULAM.P.O. VEMBAYAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 615. REPRESENTED
          BY ITS DIRECTOR SHAJI MATHEW, AGED 44 YEARS, NOW RESIDING AT 5F-
          SILVAN HEIGHTUS, KADAVANTHARA, COCHIN-682020.

   RESPONDENTS:

      1. STATE ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY (SEIAA, KERALA),
         REPRESENTED BY ITS MEMBER SECRETARY, KSRTC BUS TERMINAL COMPLEX, 4TH
         FLOOR, THAMPANUR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM- 695 001.
      2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR COLLECTORATE, 2ND FLOOR CIVIL
         STATION,BUILDING, CIVIL STATION ROAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695043.
      3. BENNY SEBASTIAN, SON OF SEBASTIAN, PALATHUMTHALACKAL HOUSE,
         KALLORKAD.P.O. CHAL JUNCTION, MUVATTUPUZHA-686 668.


        Writ petition (civil) praying inter alia that in the circumstances
   stated in the affidavit filed along with the WP(C) the High Court be
   pleased to pass an interim order of stay of all further proceedings
   pursuant to O.A. No.119 of 2022 dated 24.02.2022 of the National Green
   Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (Exhibit P4) pending the disposal of
   the above writ petition.


        This petition coming on for admission upon perusing the petition and
   the affidavit filed in support of WP(C) and upon hearing the arguments of
   M/S P.B.SAHASRANAMAN, T.S.HARIKUMAR and G.N.DEEPA, Advocates for the
   petitioner and of STANDING COUNSEL, the court passed the following:


                                        ORDER

Standing Counsel for the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority to ascertain the status of compliance of Exhibit P1 judgment.

Petitioner to serve a hard copy of the writ petition on the Standing Counsel.

Post on 16.06.2022.

          14.06.2022                         Sd/- N.NAGARESH, JUDGE

                                  /True copy/
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                                                  ASSISTANT REGISTRAR



Exhibit P1:- TRUE COPY OF THE judgment in W.P.(C) No.21423 of 2021, dated 23.12.2021.

Exhibit P4:- TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL, PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI, DATED 24-02-2022.

09-06-2022 /True Copy/ Assistant Registrar