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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-07012025-260003
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 98]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2025/PAUSHA 16, 1946
157 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th January 2025
S.O. 100(E).—WHEREAS the Central Government, in exercise of the powers
conferred by sub-section (1), clauses (v) and (xiv) of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of section
3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the
Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, issued a notification to declare an Eco-Sensitive Zone
around Pangolakha Wildlife Santauary, Sikkim in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,
Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 2173(E), dated the 27th August, 2014;
AND WHEREAS the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary and
expedient in the public interest to amend the said notification;
AND WHEREAS sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986
provides that whenever it appears to the Central Government that it is in the public interest to do
so, it may dispense with the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the
Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986;
AND WHEREAS the Central Government is of the opinion that it is in the public
interest to dispense with the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the
Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 for amending the notification number S.O. 2173(E), dated
the 27th August, 2014;
NOW, THEREFORE in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clauses (v)
and (xiv) of sub-section (2), and sub-section(3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act,
1986 (29 of 1986) read with sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986,
the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the
Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 2173(E),
dated the 27th August, 2014, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring
Committee for effective monitoring of the provisions of this notification consisting of the
following persons, namely: -
(1) Chief Secretary, Government of Sikkim
Chairman, ex officio;
(2) Chief Wild Life Warden, Government of
Sikkim
Member, ex officio;
(3) Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,
Government of Sikkim
Member, ex officio;
(4) Representative of State Pollution Control
Board
Member, ex officio;
(5) One expert in ecology or environment or
wildlife from Govind Ballabh Pant National
Institute of Himalayan Environment, Regional
Centre Sikkim to be nominated by the
Government of Sikkim for a period of three
years
(6) One representative of a Non-Governmental
Organization working in the field of
Environment or Wildlife (including heritage
conservation) to be nominated by the
Government of Sikkim for a period of three
years
(7) One representative of the Rural Management
and Development Department, Government
of Sikkim
Member, ex officio;
(8) One representative of the Agriculture
Department, Government of Sikkim
Member, ex officio;
(9) One Representative of Urban Development
and Housing Department, Government of
Sikkim
Member, ex officio;
(10) District Collector Concerned
Member, ex officio;
(11) Divisional Forest Officer (In-charge of
Protected Area)
Member, ex officio;
(12) Chief Conservator of Forest (Wild Life)
Member Secretary,
ex officio;
(2) The Monitoring Committee shall, based on the actual site-specific conditions scrutinise, the
activities covered in the Schedule to the notification of the Government of India in the
erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forest, vide number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14th
September, 2006, and falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities
specified in the Table under paragraph 4 thereof, and referred to the Central Government in
the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change or the State Environment Impact
Assessment Authority, as the case maybe, for prior environmental clearances under the
provisions of that notification.
(3) The activities not covered in the Schedule to the notification reference to in sub-paragraph
(2) and falling in the Eco-Sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities specified in
the Table under paragraph 4 thereof, shall be scrutinised by the Monitoring Committee
based on the actual site-specific conditions and referred to the regulatory authorities
concerned.
(4) The Member-Secretary of the Monitoring Committee or the Collector or the Deputy
Conservator of Forests shall be competent to file complaint under section 19 of the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 against any person who contravenes the provisions of
this notification.
(5) The Monitoring Committee may invite a representative or expert from the Department, a
representative from the industry associations or stakeholders to assist the committee in its
deliberations depending on the requirements on a case to case basis.
(6) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the annual action taken report of its activities for
the period up to the 31st March of every year to the Chief Wildlife Warden by the 30th June
of that year in proforma specified in Annexure-III.
(7) The Central Government may give such directions in writing, as it deems fit, to the
Monitoring Committee for effective discharge of its functions.".
[F. No. 25/13/2013-ESZ/RE]
Dr. S. KERKETTA, Scientist "G"
Note. - The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 2173(E), dated the 27th August, 2014 and
was last amended vide number S.O. 3516(E), dated the 07th August, 2023.