Before the National Green Tribunal Southern Zone, Chennai

BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI

APPLICATION NO. 201 OF 2016 (SZ)

In the matter of

East Kamaraj Nagar (North), Residents Welfare Association, Rep. by Mr. M.N. Mahendar, Secretary, No.14, First East Street, Kamaraj Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai – 600 041 …Applicant

1. The Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai, Ripon Building, Chennai – 600 003

2. The Regional Joint Commissioner, Zone 13, Corporation Office, LB Road, Adyar, Chennai – 600 020

3. The Deputy Commissioner (Health), Corporation of Chennai, Ripon Building, Chennai – 600 003

4. The City Health Officer, Public Health Department, Corporation of Chennai, Chennai – 600 003

5. The Superintending Engineer, Storm Water Drain Department, Corporation of Chennai, Ripon Building, Chennai – 600 003

6. The Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, No.1, Pumping Station Road, Chindadripet, Chennai – 600 002

7. The Deputy General Manager, BSNL, Chennai Telephones, Adyar, Chennai – 600 020

8. The Divisional Engineer (Adyar Internal), BSNL, Chennai Telephones, 42, Dr. Muthulakshmi Salai, Chennai – 600 020 …Respondents

Counsel appearing for the applicant:

M/s. KNS Law Chambers Kaushik N Sharma

Counsel appearing for the respondents:

M/s. R. Suiya Prakash for R1 to R5 M/s. G. Janakiraman for R6 M/s. T. Ravikumar for R7 and R8

ORDER

PRESENT:

HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE M.S. NAMBIAR, JUDICIAL MEMBER

HON’BLE SHRI P.S. RAO, EXPERT MEMBER

Dated 8th November, 2017

Whether the Judgement is allowed to be published on the Internet – Yes/No Whether the Judgement is to be published in the All India NGT Reporter – Yes/No

Learned counsel appearing for BSNL and the Greater Chennai Corporation submitted that a meeting was convened on 06.11.2017 and it was resolved to solve the problem and the Greater Chennai Corporation has agreed to open the Storm Water

Drain and the BSNL would remove the cables which are left behind and are to be removed from the drain. Let it be done without unnecessary delay.

Application itself is for removal of the BSNL Cables causing obstruction to the

Storm Water Drain. As it is an admitted case that the BSNL cables causing obstruction to the drain have already been removed, nothing survives in the application.

Application is therefore disposed with no order as to costs.

Justice M.S. Nambiar Judicial Member

Shri P.S.Rao Expert Member