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The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-26122025-268825
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 5782]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2025/PAUSHA 3, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th December, 2025
S.O. 5981(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, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, vide number S.O.
1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), the Central Government
hereby constitutes the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority(SEIAA), Haryana (hereinafter referred
to as the Authority) as per the Table below, namely:—
Table
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| Sr. | Name of the Officer/person | Designation |
| No. | | |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| 1. | Dr. Ankur Gupta, | Chairman; |
| | IAS(Retd.) | |
| | H.No. 87, Sector-16-A, | |
| | Chandigarh | |
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| 2 | Shri Ram Sarup Verma, | Member; |
| | IAS (Retd.) | |
| | Village and Post Office | |
| | Arya Nagar, Tehsil and | |
| | District Hisar | |
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| 3. | Director, Environment & Climate | Member- Secretary. |
| | Change, Department, Haryana | |
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2. The Authority shall take its decision on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee
constituted under paragraph 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 Haryana, for the purpose of assisting the
Authority, hereby constitutes the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee for the State of Haryana, (hereinafter
referred to as the Committee) as per the Table below, namely: -
Table
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| Sr. No. | Name of the Officer/person | Designation |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| 1. | Shri. Mahabir Prasad Sharma, | Chairman; |
| | IFS (Retd.) | |
| | H.No. 126, Tribune Mitra Vihar, Sector 29, Panchkula(134116) | |
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| 2. | Dr. Jai Bhagwan, | Member; |
| | Sr. Scientist (Retd.) | |
| | H.No.952, Sector-14, Faridabad-(121007) | |
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| 3. | Dr. Naresh Kumar Bhardwaj | Member; |
| | H.No.96, Eco -House, Street No.7, New Shanti Nagar, Kurukshetra (Haryana) | |
| | 136118 | |
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| 4. | Dr. Kapil Kumar, | Member; |
| | Head, National Institute of Technology Delhi | |
| | Head, Department of Civil Engineering National Institute of Technology Delhi- | |
| | 110036 | |
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| 5. | Shri Sanjeev Kumar, | Member; |
| | Senior Environmental Engineer, Haryana State Pollution Control Board, H.No.19 | |
| | Sargodha Colony, Ward No.10 Naraingarh, Distt. Ambala, Haryana | |
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| 6. | Chief Environment Engineer, | Member |
| | Haryana State Pollution Control Board | Secretary. |
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5. The Chairman and Members of the Authority and the Committee, shall hold office for a period of three years from
the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
6. The Authority and the Committee shall exercise such powers and follow such procedures as specified in the said
notification.
7. In order to avoid any conflict of interest,-
(i) the Chairman and Members of the Authority, and the Committee 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 Committee during their tenure; and
(ii) in the preceding five years, if the Chairman or any Member of the Authority, and the Committee 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 Committee as the case may be, from the
process of appraisal of any project proposed by such proponents.
8. The Committee shall function on the principle of collective responsibility and the Chairman shall endeavour to
reach a consensus in each case, and if consensus cannot be reached, the views of the majority shall prevail.
9. The State Government of Haryana shall specify an agency to act as Secretariat of the Authority and the Committee
which shall provide financial and logistic support, including accommodation, transportation and such other facilities in
respect of their functions under the said notification.
10. The sitting fees, travelling allowances and dearness allowances to the Chairman and Members of the Authority
and the Committee shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of relevant rules of the State Government of
Haryana.
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RAJAT AGARWAL, Jt. Secy.
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