Mohit Ram Suryawanshi v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: wood based industries (establishment and regulation) guidelines 2016/2017 clause 7(ii); saw mill licence renewal and closure; 10 km aerial distance from notified forest boundary; notification dated 13.08.2021 (Annexure P-2) lapse after 3-year currency; order dated 29.12.2021 (Annexure P-1); Chhattisgarh Kashth Chiran (Viniyam) Adhiniyam 1984 Section 5; T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India WPC No.202/95 orders 12.12.1996 and 05.10.2015; State Level Committee (SLC) recommendation 4 km pre-1996 mills / 10 km others; 16th SLC meeting 22.04.2019; PCCF letter dated 13.09.2022 (Annexure R-1); natural justice/opportunity of hearing; aerial distance measurement; infructuousness; liberty to challenge; renewal in accordance with law; Chhattisgarh High Court, Sachin Singh Rajput, J., 25/09/2024, 2024:CGHC:39944.
What did the court decide?
All writ petitions disposed of by common order: the notification dated 13.08.2021 having exhausted its 3-year currency, it and the consequential order dated 29.12.2021 cannot be acted upon; Union of India expected to expedite decision on the SLC recommendation and the letter dated 13.09.2022; State expected to adhere to the SLC recommendation; liberty reserved to the petitioners to approach the Court again against any adverse order or surviving cause of action; renewal applications to be considered in accordance with law.