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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-30032025-262169
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1458]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025/CHAITRA 6, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025
S.O. 1476(E).—WHEREAS the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1),
clauses (v) and (xiv) of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29
of 1986) read with sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, issued a notification to declare
an Eco-Sensitive Zone around Jhajjar-Bachauli wildlife sanctuary, Punjab in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-
II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 839(E), dated the 14th March, 2017;
AND WHEREAS the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary and expedient in the public
interest to amend the said notification;
AND WHEREAS sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 provides that whenever
it appears to the Central Government that it is in the public interest to do so, it may dispense with the requirement of
notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986;
AND WHEREAS the Central Government is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to dispense with
the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 for
amending the notification number S.O. 839(E), dated the 14th March, 2017;
NOW, THEREFORE in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clauses (v) and (xiv) of sub-
section (2), and sub-section(3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with sub-rule
(4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following
amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 839(E), dated
the 14th March, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5 and 6, the following paragraphs shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. The Central Government constitutes a Committee to be known as Monitoring
Committee which shall comprise of the following persons, namely:-
(i) Collector, Rupnagar, Punjab
Chairman, ex officio;
(ii) One expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by the
State Government of Punjab for a period of three years.
Member;
(iii) One representative of Non-governmental Organisations working in the field of
environment (including heritage conservation) nominated by the State
Government of Punjab for a period of three years.
Member;
(iv) One representative of the Regional Office, Punjab State Pollution Control
Board
Member, ex officio;
(v) Range Officer, Rupnagar
Member, ex officio;
(vi) Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rupnagar
Member, ex officio;
(vii) Senior Veterinary Officer, Nurpur Bedi
Member, ex officio;
(viii) Member of Punjab State Biodiversity Board
Member, ex officio;
(ix) Deputy Conservator of Forest
Member-Secretary.
6. Functions of Monitoring Committee.
(1) The Monitoring Committee shall, based on the actual site-specific
conditions, scrutinise the activities covered in the Schedule to the notification of the Government of India in the
erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests, vide number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14th September, 2006, and
are falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities as specified in the Table under paragraph
4 thereof, and referred to the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change or
the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, as the case may be, for prior environmental clearances
under the provisions of the said notification.
(2) The activities not covered in the Schedule to the notification referred to in sub-paragraph (1) and are falling
in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities as specified in the Table under paragraph 4
thereof, shall be scrutinised by the Monitoring Committee based on the actual site-specific conditions and
referred to the regulatory authorities concerned.
(3) The Member-Secretary of the Monitoring Committee or the Collector or the Deputy Conservator of Forests
shall be competent to file complaint under section 19 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 against any
person who contravenes the provisions of this notification.
(4) The Monitoring Committee may invite representative or expert from the Department, representative from
the industry associations or stakeholders to assist the committee in its deliberations depending on the
requirements on case to case basis.
(5) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the annual action taken report of its activities for the period up to
the 31st March of every year to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State by the 30th June of that year in pro-
forma specified in Annexure-IV.
(6) The Central Government may give such directions in writing, as it deems fit, to the Monitoring Committee
for effective discharge of its functions.".
[F. No. 25/130/2015-/ESZ-RE]
Dr. S. KERKETTA, Scientist "G"
Note.- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(ii), vide notification number S.O. 839 (E), dated the 14th March, 2017.