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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-12022026-270070
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 679]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2026/MAGHA 22, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
ORDER
New Delhi, the 11th February, 2026.
S.O. 713(E).—– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (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 Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (hereinafter referred to as
the Authority) consisting of the following persons, mentioned in the table below for a period of three years
with effect from the date of publication of this Order in the Official Gazette, namely:—
Table
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| SI. No. | Name and Contact details | Designation |
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| 1. | Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Secretary, Forests | Chairman, ex officio; |
| | and Environment Department, Government of Gujarat, Sachivalaya, | |
| | Block No. 14/8, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. | |
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| 2. | Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wild Life) or his representative, | Member, ex officio; |
| | Aranya Bhavan, Sector-10A, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. | |
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| 3. | Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or his representative, | Member, ex officio; |
| | Gujarat Maritime Board, Sector-10A, Opposite Air Force Station, | |
| | Gandhinagar, Gujarat. | |
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| 4. | Member Secretary, Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Paryavaran | Member, ex officio; |
| | Bhavan, Sector-10A, Opposite Air Force Station, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. | |
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| 5. | Industries Commissioner or his representative, Udyog Bhavan, | Member, ex officio; |
| | Gandhinagar, Gujarat. | |
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| 6. | Chief Executive Officer or his representative, Gujarat State Disaster | Member, ex officio; |
| | Management Authority, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. | |
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| 7. | Chief Town Planner or his representative, Government of Gujarat, Old | Member, ex officio; |
| | Sachivalaya, Block No. 14/2, Gandhinagar, Gujarat | |
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| 8. | Commissioner of Fisheries, Government of Gujarat, Old Sachivalaya, | Member, ex officio; |
| | Block No. 10/3, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. | |
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| 9. | Managing Director and Commissioner of Tourism or his representative, | Member, ex officio; |
| | Tourism Department, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. | |
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| 10. | Shri. D.T. Vasavada, | Member, expert; |
| | A-503, Satyam, Sky line, Opp. Torrent Power, | |
| | Sola Cross Road, Naranpura, | |
| | Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | |
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| 11. | Dr. Anjali Bahuguna, | Member, expert; |
| | J-401, Indraprasth 5, Prahlad Nagar, | |
| | Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | |
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| 12. | Dr. Chinmay Ghoroi, | Member, expert; |
| | Academic Block 5/406, IIT Gandhinagar, Palaj Gandhinagar-382055, | |
| | Gujarat. | |
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| 13. | Shri. Devang M. Thaker, | Member, expert; |
| | H-3, Sugam, Apartment, Nr. Vasna Bus Stand, Vasna, Ahmedabad - | |
| | 380007, Gujarat. | |
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| 14. | Director, Gujarat Ecological Education and Research Foundation, | Member, |
| | Indroda Nature Park, Near CH '0' circle, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat. | Non-Government |
| | | Organization; |
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| 15. | The Director (Environment), Forest and Environment Department, | Member Secretary. |
| | Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat | |
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2. The Headquarter of the Authority shall be at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
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 norms of 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, for the purpose of 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 Gujarat, take the following measures, namely:
(i) examine the proposal 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 vide number S.O.19(E), dated the 6th January, 2011 or the notification 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 such proposals;
(ii) regulate all developmental activities in the Coastal Regulation Zone areas as specified in the said
notification;
(iii) enforce and monitor the implementation of provisions of the said notification;
(iv) 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, published vide number S.O. 4650(E), dated the
30th September, 2022 (published on 03rd October, 2022);
(v) exercise powers under section 10 of the said Act;
(vi) file complaint under section 19 of the said Act;
(vii) examine the proposals received from the State Government for modifications in the classification of
Coastal Regulation Zone areas and in the Coastal Zone Management Plan and make specific
recommendations to the National Coastal Zone Management Authority under the said notification; and
(viii) inquire and review cases of failure of compliance or contravention of the said Act or rules made
thereunder or the said notification, suo-moto or on the basis of a complaint made by any person before it.
7. 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
meetings, decision taken in the meeting, recommendation for matters on failure of compliance or
contravention of the said notification and action taken on such failure or contravention and court matters
including the order of the court, and the approved Coastal Zone Management Plan of the Government of
Gujarat.
8. The Authority shall furnish report of its activities at least once in six months to the National Coastal Zone
Management Authority.
[F. No. J-17011/30/99-IA.III(P)]
Dr. AMANDEEP GARG, Addl. Secy.