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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /> High Court of Madras <br /><br /> Loss of Ecology Authority shuttered<br /><br /> MANU/TN/0502/2016 - (07 Apr 2016)<br /><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Vellore Citizens Welfare Forums and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>The Loss of Ecology Authority, functioning intermittently to entertain claim petitions form farmers seeking compensation for damage caused to agricultural fields, is to be wound up by 30 June 2016.<BR><BR> Constituted after a 1996 Supreme Court judgment, the Authority predated the National Green Tribunal, which was birthed in 2010. The Court dismissed calls for making the Authority a permanent body, rejecting, amongst other submissions, that the body had a broader gamut of powers than the Tribunal and being a special state body it would function more effectively than the national Tribunal.<BR><BR> Staff employed with the Authority has been directed to be absorbed by the NGT, and claims before the Authority have been transferred to the Tribunal as well.</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union Of India <manuid>MANU/SC/0686/1996</manuid> Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action and Ors. vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. <manuid>MANU/SC/1112/1996</manuid></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : loss of ecology, authority, winding up, ngt</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!--<td><strong>Source : <a target="_new" href="http://www.manupatrafast.com/">newsroom.manupatra.com</a></strong></td>--> <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>