BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI Application No.107 of 2013 (SZ) (THC) (W.P.(MD) No.10408/2011 – Madurai Bench of Madras High Court) Applicant(s) Respondent(s) Mr.G.Somasundaram, 1. The District Collector Secretary, Peramanallur PurangagarVs. Thanjavur Paghuthi Anaithu Nagar Nalasangam 2. The Kumbakonam Municipality Ammasathiram, Thiruvidaimaruthur Tk rep. by its Commissioner Thanjavur Dt 3. The District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Thanjavur Legal Practitioners for Applicant(s) Legal Practitioners for Respondents G.R. Swaminathan M/s. M.K. Subramanian M/s. B.Prasanna Vinoth, Mr.E. Manoharan, & P.Velmani for R2 Smt. H.Yasmeen Ali for R-3 Note of the Orders of the Tribunal Registry st Item No.1 Date: 21 July, 2017 The applicant is absent. There is no representation. In compliance of the order dated 11.05.2017, the Commissioner of Kumbakonam Municipality is present. The Commissioner was directed to appear today in view of the submission of the applicant that inspite of the order of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in W.P.No.9929 of 2009 dated 10.02.2010 which settled the matter of dumping the Municipal Solid Waste in the disputed area, the Municipality is still dumping the Municipal Solid Waste in the same area viz., Theperumanallur Ammachatram. The Commissioner submits that the Muncipality is not dumping any Solid Waste in the said Ammachatram and the Municipality in fact is removing the Solid Waste which was dumped there earlier. The Commissioner also stated that half of the solid waste dumped earlier had already been removed through bio mining process and the municipality has established a Bio Methanation Plant and Compost Plant at Ammachatram in 10 acres of land. Let the Status Report be filed within 10 days. List the matter on 03.08.2017. …..........................................., JM (Justice M.S.Nambiar) …...........................................,EM (Shri P.S. Rao) .