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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-08072025-264450
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2959]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 7, 2025/ASHADHA 16, 1947
4457 GI/2025
[F.No.- 12-5/2005-IA.III(PartII)]
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
ORDER
New Delhi, the 7th July, 2025
S.O. 3026(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-section (1) and (3) of section 3 of
the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central
Government hereby constitutes the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (hereinafter referred
to as the Authority) consisting of the following persons, for a period of three years, with effect from the
date of publication of this order in the Official Gazette, namely:-
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| SI.No | Members | Designation |
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| (1) | (2) | (3) |
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| 1. | Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Secretary, Environment and Climate Change Department, Government | Chairman, ex officio; |
| | of Maharashtra. | |
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| 2. | Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Secretary, Revenue Department, Government of Maharashtra. | Member, ex officio; |
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| 3. | Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of | Member, ex officio; |
| | Maharashtra. | |
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| 4. | Commissioner or Joint Commissioner of Fisheries (Marine) or Assistant Commissioner of Fisheries (Marine), Fisheries | Member, ex officio; |
| | Department, Government of Maharashtra. | |
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| 5. | Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Secretary, Industry Department, Government of Maharashtra. | Member, ex officio; |
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| 6. | Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai or Officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary | Member, ex officio; |
| | designated or nominated by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. | |
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| 7. | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest , Mangrove Cell, Mumbai or Officer not below the rank of Deputy | Member, ex officio; |
| | Chief Conservator of Forest nominated by Mangrove Cell. | |
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| 8. | Director, Mumbai Research of Central Marine Fisheries Research, Versova, Andheri, Mumbai. | Member, ex officio; |
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| 9. | Member Secretary, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Sion, Mumbai. | Member, ex officio; |
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| 10. | Dr. Lakshmipura Revanasiddappa Ranganath, | Member, Expert; |
| | (Ex Scientist-E, Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), | |
| | Team Leader-IVA, Jal Jeevan Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Water and Power Consultancy Services Limited (WAPCOS | |
| | Ltd), Bengaluru-40. | |
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| 11. | Dr. Milind Madhav Sardesai, | Member, Expert; |
| | Senior Professor and Head, Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganesh Khind, Pune-411007. | |
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| 12. | Dr. Amit Ratanlal Bansiwal, | Member, Expert; |
| | Chief Scientist, Co-Chair Sustainable Environmental Processes, In-Charge Environmental Sustainability and Green | |
| | Economy, Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | |
| | -National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur-440020. | |
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| 13. | Dr. Anish Pramod Andheria, | Member, Expert; |
| | Wildlife Conservation Trust | |
| | A806, Raheja Sherwood, Nirlon Compound, Behind The Hub Mall, Off Western Express Highway, Goregaon (East), | |
| | Mumbai-400063. | |
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| 14. | Chairman, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbil House, Fort, Mumbai. | Member, Non-Government |
| | | Organisation; |
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| 15. | Officer not below the rank of Director, Environment and Climate Change Department, Government of Maharashtra. | Member Secretary. |
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2. The Authority shall have its headquarter at Mumbai.
3. The quorum for the meeting of the Authority shall be one- third of the total number of its Members.
4. The member, other than Member, ex officio, shall be paid allowances as per the terms and conditions decided
by the Central Government.
5. In order to avoid any conflict of interest, the Members shall recuse themselves from the meeting of the
Authority, in the process of appraisal of any project, for which they have rendered any consultancy service.
6. The Authority shall take following measures for protecting and improving the quality of the coastal
environment and preventing, abating and controlling environmental pollution in the Coastal Regulation Zone
areas in the State of Maharashtra, namely: -
(i) examine proposals received from the project proponent for approval of project proposal, in accordance with
the approved Coastal Zone Management Plan prepared under the notification of the Government of India
number G.S.R. 37(E), dated the 18th January, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), as the case
may be, and make recommendation for approval of project proposal to the authority concerned, as specified in
the said notification, within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of application.
(ii) Regulate all developmental activities in the Coastal Regulation Zone areas as specified in the said
notification;
(iii)
issue directions under section 5 of the said Act as specified in the notification of the Government of
India, in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, number S.O. 4650(E), dated the 30th
September, 2022;
(iv)
exercise powers under section 10 of the said Act;
(v)
file complaint under section 19 of the said Act;
(vi)
examine proposals received from the State Government for changes or modifications in the
classification of Coastal Regulation Zone areas and in the Coastal Zone Management Plan and make
recommendations, to the Central Government;
(vii)
inquire and review the cases of alleged violation of the provisions of the said Act or the rules made
thereunder; and
(viii)
inquire and review the cases of violation or contravention of the said notification suo-moto or on the
basis of a complaint made by any individual or body or organisation before it.
7. The Authority shall be responsible for enforcement and monitoring of the implementation of the provisions
of the said notification;
8. The Authority shall, for the purposes of maintaining transparency in its functioning, create a dedicated
website, and post the information relating to its functions, including the agenda in its meeting, minutes of the
meeting, decision taken in the meeting, recommendation for matters on violation, contravention of the said
notification, action taken on such violation, court matter including the order of the court and the approved
Coastal Zone Management Plan of the Government of Maharashtra.
9. The Authority shall furnish report of its activity at least once in six months to the Central Government.
[F.No.- 12-5/2005-IA.III(PartII)]
RAJAT AGARWAL, Jt.Secy.
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