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Paranjape Schemes (Constructions) Ltd, through Shrikant Purushottam Paranjpe v. Shri. Deepak Balkrishna Vahikar and Anr.

Bombay HC16 Apr 2013CAI/110/2013

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What is this about?

On an application seeking permission to fell and replace trees for a building project, the court granted permission subject to strict conditions for replanting, verification, and maintenance of trees.

What did the court decide?

Permission granted to cut four trees, plant three larger trees for every felled one, and file a verified undertaking for compliance within two weeks.

Paranjape Schemes (Constructions) Ltd, through… — Environment and Pollution | Bombay HC (2013)

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1 of 3 CAI.110.2013

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

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CIVIL APPLICATION NO.110 OF 2013 IN PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.93 OF 2009

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Paranjpe Schemes (Construction) Ltd, through its Authorized Director Shashank Purushottam Paranjape

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Applicant

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In the matter of : Deepak Balkrishna Vahikar and others Petitioners

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versus

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The State of Maharashtra and others

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Respondents

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Mr.Sameer Khale with Mr.Rahul Garg for Applicant. None for the Petitioner.

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Mr.Ashutosh Kumbhakoni with Dr.Sadhana Mahashabde for Respondents 2 and 3.

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CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD AND A.A.SAYED, JJ.

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DATE : 16 April 2012

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PC :

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The Applicant seeks permission to cut down 04 trees and transplant and plant 01 and 15 trees respectively for the purposes of constructing a building for which commencement certificate has been granted by the Pune Municipal Corporation on 7 January 2013. The expert committee has recommended the proposal. We grant permission to the Applicant subject to following conditions :

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(a) The Applicant shall file a written undertaking of an authorized representative stating -

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2 of 3 CAI.110.2013

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i. That in compliance with the report of the expert committee, three new trees shall be planted/replanted for every existing tree to be felled;

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ii. That the trees to be planted/replanted shall be of local species;

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iii. That a plan shall be annexed to the undertaking earmarking the places at which the trees shall be replanted;

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iv. The name of the person/agency which shall carry out the plantation;

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v. The trees which are to be replanted shall not be small saplings, but shall be half grown trees of a sufficient growth which shall ensure their survival; and

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vi. The Applicant shall continue to maintain the aforesaid trees after the plantation or, as the case may be, uprooting of the trees.

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(b) A copy of the undertaking shall be supplied to the Petitioner and shall be placed on the record of these proceedings within a period of two weeks from today;

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(c) The Tree Officer of the Pune Municipal Corporation shall be personally responsible for verifying as to whether the undertakings

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3 of 3 CAI.110.2013

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which have been furnished to the Court have been duly complied with. The Petitioner shall bring to the notice of the Court any dereliction on the part of the deponent in complying with the undertaking.

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Subject to the undertaking being filed in the aforesaid terms and conditional thereon, the Civil Application is made absolute in the aforesaid terms.

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(A.A.SAYED, J.)

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Paranjape Schemes (Constructions) Ltd, through Shrikant Purushottam Paranjpe v. Shri. Deepak Balkrishna Vahikar and Anr.

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