(Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ.)
A. Rangarajan & Ors. ______________________________ Petitioner(s)
v.
Union of India Ministry of Environment and Forest & Ors. _______________________________________________ Respondent(s)
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 897/1996, decided on April 23, 2018
With
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The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. Learned Additional Solicitor General has submitted that the Project Elephant Scheme is being implemented in 22 States.
2. Letters have been written to all these 22 States on 24th August, 2017 and 17th November, 2017. In the letter dated 24th August, 2017, an Action Taken Report within 60 days had been sought. While in the letter dated 17th November, 2017 the States have been informed to take up the matter on top priority.
3. In spite of the aforesaid letters and time bound requirements given by the Union of India, only three States, i.e., Kerala, Meghalaya and West Bengal have responded. The following States have not given any response to the Union of India:
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Assam
4. Chhattisgarh
5. Jharkhand
6. Karnataka
7. Maharashtra
8. Nagaland
9. Odisha
10. Tamil Nadu
11. Uttar Pradesh
12. Uttarakhand
13. Tripura
14. Rajasthan
15. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
16. Bihar
17. Punjab
18. Gujarat
19. Haryana (Where an elephant rescue centre has been set up supported by Project Elephant)
4. Response should be given by the aforesaid States within four weeks from today positively.
5. Learned counsel appearing in Writ Petition (C) No. 275 of 2015 (Vidya Athreya v. Union of India) says that he will not press the issue of elephant corridor in the aforesaid case.
6. List the matter on 12th July, 2018.
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