The National Green Tribunal Central Zone Bench, Bhopal, dismissed an applicant's challenge regarding agricultural land conversion for a brick kiln. The Bench held the matter was outside its domain as an alternate remedy existed under the Land Revenue Act.
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Item No.01
BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL CENTRAL ZONE BENCH, BHOPAL THROUGH PHYSICAL HEARING (WITH HYBRID OPTION)
Original Application No. 47/2026(CZ)
Ram Dayal & Ors. Applicant(s) Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Respondent(s)
Date of Hearing: 08.04.2026
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SHEO KUMAR SINGH, JUDICIAL MEMBER HON'BLE DR. PRASHANT GARGAVA, EXPERT MEMBER
For Applicant(s): Mr. Siddharth Makhija, Adv. For Respondent(s) : None
ORDER
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from the local residents of nearby villages and without obtaining the mandatory No Objection Certificate from the concerned Gram Panchayat. Further, the distance of the proposed brick kiln site from the nearby residential areas was neither physically verified nor accurately measured, and it was incorrectly recorded that no residential habitation exists within a radius of 850 meters.
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of agriculture land for non-agriculture in rural areas Rules 2007 (Rule
9).
Sheo Kumar Singh, JM
Dr. Prashant Gargava, EM
08th April, 2026,
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the National Green Tribunal has jurisdiction to entertain an application challenging conversion of agricultural land for brick kiln establishment.
Whether an efficacious alternate remedy exists under the Land Revenue Act to challenge the conversion order.
Ram Dayal & Ors.
State of Rajasthan & Ors.
Sheo Kumar Singh
Prashant Gargava
As recorded by the court registry
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