National Green TribunalManinder Singh vs Govt. Of N.C.T. Of Delhi on 16 February, 2022Item No.5                                                   (Court No. 2)\n\n\n                BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL\n                         PRINCIPALBENCH\n\n                         (By Video Conferencing)\n\n                     Original Application No.110/2022\n                      (I.A. No. 27/2022 & 28/2022)\n\nManinder Singh                                                  Applicant\n\n                                 Versus\n\nGovt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.                                Respondents\n\n\nDate of hearing:   16.02.2022\n\n\nCORAM:         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BRIJESH SETHI, JUDICIAL MEMBER\n               HON'BLE DR. AFROZ AHMAD, EXPERT MEMBER\n\nApplicant:         Mr. Vivek Kumar Tandon, Adv.\n\nRespondent(s):\n\n\n                                 ORDER1.    Grievance of the applicant Mr. Maninder Singh is against cutting of\n\ntrees by respondent nos. 13 to 15 i.e. 13) M/s. Perfect Builders Pvt. Ltd,14) Mr. A. K. Sood and 15) M/s. First Rate Solutions (P) Ltd. It is\n\nsubmitted by Ld. Counsel for the applicant that these builders are\n\nillegally cutting the trees in Village Bhati and Fatehpur Beri without any\n\nsanction/approval and are selling the agricultural land measuring about\n\n18 acres (approx.) to unknown people for some purpose other than for\n\nagriculture.2.    It is further submitted by Ld. Counsel for the applicant that this\n\nTribunal had earlier passed an order dated 01.12.2021 in O.A. no.\n\n332/2021 with the direction that the issue of cutting of trees in the\n\nabove mentioned land has to be first looked into by the Tree Officer1under theDelhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994. The operational part of\n\nthe said order runs as under:-"We are of the view that the issue of cutting of trees has to be\n       first looked into by the Tree Officer under theDelhi\n       Preservation of Trees Act, 1994. The said remedy does not\n       appear to have been taken."3.     Ld. Counsel for applicant has submitted that as per direction of\n\nthis Tribunal, he had approached the Tree Officer. The first letter was\n\nwritten to the Tree Officer by the applicant on 06.12.2021. However, no\n\naction was taken on the same. Thereafter, a reminder was also sent on\n\n06.01.2022, however, till date no action has been taken by the Tree\n\nofficer.4.     In view of the above, we direct the Dy. Conservator of Forest, South\n\nDistrict, Delhi to look into the grievance and visit the site within 15 days.\n\nFactual and action taken report may be furnished within six weeks\n\nbefore the Ld. Registrar General, National Green Tribunal, Principal\n\nBench at New Delhi by e-mail at[email protected]preferably in the\n\nform of searchable PDF/ OCR Support PDF and not in the form of Image\n\nPDF and, if necessary, the Ld. Registrar General may put the matter\n\nbefore the Bench for necessary directions.5.     Ld. Counsel for the applicant state that if assistance of applicant is\n\nrequired by DFO, he is ready to assist him. Heard.          In case the Dy.\n\nConservator of Forest, South District, Delhi needs any assistance from\n\nthe applicant, he may take his assistance.The application stands disposed of.26.    A copy of this order, along with a copy of the complaint, be\n\nforwarded to the Dy. Conservation of Forest, South District, Delhi by e-\n\nmail for compliance.Brijesh Sethi, JM\n\n\n\n                                                   Dr. Afroz Ahmad, EM\nFebruary 16, 2022\nOriginal Application No.110/2022\nAP & AV3