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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-07032025-261493
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1090]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2025/PHALGUNA 15, 1946
1594 GI/2025
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[PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th March, 2025
S.O. 1098 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in pursuance of the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile
Ministry of Environment and Forests, number S.O. 1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as
the said notification), and in suppression of the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, number S.O 146(E), dated the 11th January, 2022, published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii), except as respects things done or omitted to be done
before such suppression, the Central Government hereby constitutes the State Level Environment Impact Assessment
Authority, Tamil Nadu (hereinafter referred to as the Authority) comprising of the following persons, namely:
(i) Thiru.Syed Muzammil Abbas -Chairman;
C/o Syed Asghar Ali,
Block A Floor 8, Flat No.3,
Nerkundram AIS Housing Scheme,
West Natesan Nagar,
Virugambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 092
(ii) Dr. Vasudevan Namasivayam -Member;
S/o Namasivayam,
Plot No. 247, Door No.13/1,
4th Avenue, Indira Nagar, Adayar, Chennai,
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Tamil Nadu – 600 020
(iii) Director, Department of Environment -Member Secretary.
and Climate Change
2. The Authority shall take its decision on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal Committees
constituted under paragraphs 4.
3. All decisions of the Authority shall be taken in a meeting and shall ordinarily be unanimous:
Provided that, in case a decision is taken by majority, the details of views, for and against it, shall be clearly
recorded in the minutes and a copy thereof sent to the Central Government.
4. The Central Government, in consultation with the State Government of Tamil Nadu, for the purpose of assisting
the Authority, hereby constitutes following State Level Expert Appraisal Committees for the State of Tamil Nadu
(hereinafter referred to as the Committees) comprising of the following persons, namely:
State Level Expert Appraisal Committee-1
(i) Thiru.PWC Davidar, -Chairman;
S/o Jimmy Davidar
No.1008, 7th Street,
Magappair eri Scheme,
Mogappair,
Chennai – 600 007
(ii) Thiru M. Kandan, -Member;
S/o Muniyappan,
E82, 12th West Street, Kamaraj Nagar,
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600041
(iii) Thiru.S. Ragupathi, -Member;
S/o Sanganan,
No.23, D Aditya Apartments,
NATCO Colony Middle Street,
Kottivakkam, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu – 600 041
(iv) Thiru Ashok Krishnamoorthy, -Member;
S/o Krishnamoorthy,
47, Ayyanar Sannathi Street,
Muthuppattanam 3rd Street,
Karaikudi, Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu – 630 001
(v) Dr. K. Palanivelu, -Member;
Professor,
Centre for Environmental Studies,
Anna University, Chennai – 600 025
(vi) Dr. Venkatesan, -Member;
C/o S Ramasamy,
B 9, Acchyuthans Lotus Manor, South Avenue,
Kamaraj Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 041
(vii) Thiru K. Rammohan, -Member;
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S/o Kothandapani,
15, 11th Avenue,
Ashok Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 6000 83
(viii) Thiru Palanivel Ramasami, -Member;
5/164, Salem Main Road,
Alagapuram, Palaniyapuri PO,
Salem Rural, Tamil Nadu-636 108
(ix) Deputy Director (IA), -Member Secretary.
Department of Environment and Climate Change
State Level Expert Appraisal Committee-2
(i) Dr. Vellaisamy Palanikumar, -Chairman;
S/o Arumugam Vellaisamy,
12, 2nd Cross Street, Lake Area,
Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu– 600 034
(ii) Thiru T. Muruganandam, -Member;
S/o Thanukkodi,
Flat No.C, Door No.104, OAK Canopy Apartment No.8,
Raja Street, Kallimadai, Singanallur,
Coimbatore South, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu – 641 005
(iii) Dr. R. Rajamanickam, -Member;
C/o P M Ramasamy,
D 16-203, Purva Windermere Apartments,
Bhavani Amman Kovil Street,
Opposite Government Higher Secondary School, Pallikaranai,
Kancheepuram district 600 100
(iv) Thiru. Sivalingam Subbaiyan, -Member;
S/o Subbaiyan,
F-306, Wisteria Apartment,
1089, Avinashi Road,Lakshmi Mills,
Opposite to Chandra Hundai, Coimbatore – 641 037
(v) Dr. Arun Senthil Ram Govindaraj, -Member;
C/o Govindaraj,
No.40, Amman Nagar 10th Street, Thiruverumbur Taluk, Ellakudy,
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu – 620 019
(vi) Thiru Jayabalan Periyasamy, -Member;
S/o Periyasamy,
Plot No.20, New Devaraj Garden,
Kolapakkam, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu- 600 048
(vii) Thiru.R. Sooriamoorthy, -Member;
S/o Ramaian,
No.65/14a,
Navalar High Road, Devaraj Nagar,
Saligramam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 093
(viii) Dr. Suresh Gandhi, -Member;
S/o Marimuthu,
No.9, 3rd Main Road,
Maduravoyal Post, Sri Krishna Nagar,
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Maduravoyal, Ambattur,
Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu – 600 095
(ix) Deputy Director (EEA), Department of Environment and Climate Change -Member Secretary.
5. The State Level Expert Appraisal Committees specified under column (2) of the following Table shall exercise
jurisdiction over districts specified in the corresponding entry under column (3) of the said Table, namely:—
TABLE
+-------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| S. No. | State Level Expert Appraisal Committee | Area of jurisdiction |
+=======+=========================================+=======================================================================================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
+-------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1. | State Level Expert Appraisal Committee -1 | Tiruvallur, Chennai, Vellore, Ranipet, Kanchipuram, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Chengalpattu, |
| | | Dharmapuri, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Erode, Salem, Cuddalore, Namakkal, Perambalur, Ariyalur and the Nilgiris |
| | | districts. |
+-------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2. | State Level Expert Appraisal Committee -2 | Coimbatore, Tirupur, Karur, Trichy, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Dindigul, Pudukottai, Theni, Madurai, |
| | | Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Nagapattinam, |
| | | Myladuthurai and Tirunelveli districts. |
+-------+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
6. The Chairman and Members of the Authority and the Committees, shall hold office for a period of three years
from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
7. The Authority and the Committees shall exercise such powers and follow such procedures as specified in the said
notification.
8. In order to avoid any conflict of interest,—
(i) the Chairman and Members of the Authority, and the Committees shall,—
(a) declare to which consulting organisation they have been associated with and also the project proponents; and
(b) not undertake any consultation or associate with regard to preparation of Environment Impact
Assessment and Environment Management Plan for project, which is to be decided by the Authority or to be
appraised by the Committees during their tenure; and
(ii) in the preceding five years, if the Chairman or any Member of the Authority, and the Committees have
provided consultancy services or conducted Environment Impact Assessment studies for any project proponent, in that
event they shall recuse themselves from the meetings of the Authority or the Committees as the case may be, from the
process of appraisal of any project proposed by such proponents.
9. The Committees shall function on the principle of collective responsibility and the Chairman shall endeavour to
reach a consensus in each case, and if cannot be reached consensus, the views of the majority shall prevail.
10. The State Government of Tamil Nadu shall specify an agency to act as Secretariat of the Authority and the
Committees which shall provide financial and logistic support, including accommodation, transportation and such
other facilities in respect of their functions under the said notification.
11. The sitting fees, travelling allowances and dearness allowances to the Chairman and Members of the Authority
and the Committees shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of relevant rules of the State Government
of Tamil Nadu.
[F. No. IA3-1/4/2021-IA.III]
Dr. AMANDEEP GARG, Addl. Secy.
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