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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-27082025-265733
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3816]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2025
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th August, 2025
S.O. 3921(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 and in suppression of the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Environment,
Forests and Climate Change number vide S.O.2776(E ) dated the 11th June, 2021 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, Uttar Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the Authority)
comprising of the following Members, namely:—
(i) Shri. Anupam Gupta, IFS (Retd.)
Flat No.204, Imperial Block, Eldeco Greens Apartments, Gomti Nagar,
(Opp. RBI), Lucknow-226010
(ii) Shri Amit Chandra,
B1/291, Sector G, Jankipuram, Lucknow- 226021
(iii) Shri Manish Mittal (IFS), Chief Conservator of Forests, Mirzapur
Division, Mirzapur
-Chairperson;
-Member;
-Member Secretary.
2. The Authority shall take its decision on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal
Committees 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 Uttar Pradesh, for the purpose
of assisting the Authority, hereby constitutes the following State Level Expert Appraisal Committees for the
State of Uttar Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the Committees) comprising of the following persons,
namely: -
State Level Expert Appraisal Committee-1
(i) Shri Kamlesh Kumar Pandey,
Krishna Kunj, 4/502, Vikas Nagar, Lucknow-226022
(ii) Shri. Pramod Kumar Agarwal
6/104, Vineet Khand-6, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-226010
(iii) Dr. Amrit Lal Haldar,
7/554A, Vikas Nagar (Opposite CIMAP Colony 2nd Gate),
Lucknow-226022
-Chairperson;
-Member;
-Member;
(iv) Prof. Ajai Mishra,
44-B, Badshah Bag, Lucknow University Campus,
Lucknow-226007
(v) Dr. Brij Bihari Awasthi,
314, Patrakar Parisar, Sector-5,
Vasundhara, Ghaziabad-201012
(vi) Dr. Ravi Kumar Singh (IFS),
Conservator of Forests, Varanasi Circle, Varanasi
-Member;
-Member;
-Member Secretary.
State Level Expert Appraisal Committee-2
(i) Dr. Ram Lakhan Singh
E203, Celebrity Garden, Sushant Golf City,
Shaheed Path, Lucknow-226030
(ii) Dr. Ram Karan
E-1185, Omaxe City, Bijnor Road,
Near BBAU, Lucknow
(iii) Dr. Awadhesh Kumar Gupta,
CP-102, New RCUES Campus, Block B, Indira Nagar,
Lucknow-226016
(iv) Dr. Ratan Kar,
Scientist F, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences,
53 University Road, Lucknow-226007
(v) Shri. Ajay Kumar Agarwal
1/712, Sector-H, Jankipuram,
District- Lucknow-226021
(vi) Dr. Ravi Kumar Singh (IFS),
Conservator of Forests, Varanasi Circle, Varanasi
-Chairperson;
-Member;
-Member;
-Member;
-Member;
-Member Secretary.
5. The State Level Expert Appraisal Committees specified above shall exercise jurisdiction over districts
specified in the respective column of the said Table, namely:-
TABLE
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Districts under SEAC-1 | Districts under SEAC-2 |
+====================================+====================================+
| 1.Agra | 1.Ambedkar Nagar |
| 2.Aligarh | 2.Amethi |
| 3.Amroha | 3.Ayodhya |
| 4.Auraiya | 4.Azamgarh |
| 5.Badaun | 5.Bahraich |
| 6.Bagpat | 6.Ballia |
| 7.Banda | 7.Balrampur |
| 8.Bareilly | 8.Barabanki |
| 9.Bijnor | 9.Basti |
| 10.Bulandshahr | 10.Bhadohi |
| 11.Etah | 11.Chandauli |
| 12.Etawah | 12.Deoria |
| 13.Farrukhabad | 13.Ghaziabad |
| 14.Fatehpur | 14.Ghazipur |
| 15.Firozabad | 15.Gonda |
| 16.Gautam Buddha Nagar | 16.Gorakhpur |
| 17.Hamirpur | 17.Jaunpur |
| 18.Hapur | 18.Kaushambi |
| 19.Jalaun | 19.Kushinagar |
| 20.Jhansi | 20.Lakhimpur Kheri |
| 21.Kannauj | 21.Lucknow |
| 22.Kanpur Dehat | 22.Maharajganj |
| 23.Kasganj | 23.Mau |
| 24.Lalitpur | 24.Mirzapur |
| 25.Mahoba | 25.Prayagraj |
| 26.Mainpuri | 26.Pratapgarh |
| 27.Mathura | 27.Raebareli |
| 28.Meerut | 28.Sant Kabir Nagar |
| 29.Moradabad | 29.Shravasti |
| 30.Muzaffarnagar | 30.Siddharthnagar |
| 31.Pilibhit | 31.Sonbhadra |
| 32.Rampur | 32.Sultanpur |
| 33.Saharanpur | 33.Varanasi |
| 34.Sambhal | 34.Kanpur Nagar |
| 35.Shahjahanpur | 35.Sitapur |
| 36.Shamli | 36.Hardoi |
| 37.Unnao | 37.Hathras |
| | 38.Chitrakoot |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
6. The Chairperson 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 Chairperson 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;
(ii) in the preceding five years, if the Chairperson 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 Chairperson shall
endeavour to reach a consensus in each case, and if consensus cannot be reached, the views of the majority
shall prevail.
10. The State Government of Uttar Pradesh 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 Chairperson and Members of the
Authority and the Committees shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of relevant rules of the State
Government of Uttar Pradesh.
[F. No. J-11013/43/07-IA.II(I) (Pt.)]
RAJAT AGARWAL, Jt. Secy.
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Date: 2025.08.27 14:19:29 +05'30'