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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-30082025-265825
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2025/BHADRA 6, 1947
5738 GI/2025
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th August, 2025
S.O. 3937(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, Section 3, sub section
(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, Kerala (hereinafter
referred to as the Authority, Kerala) comprising of the following Members, namely:—
(1) | (2) | (3)
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1. | Shri. Pullukottayil Habel Kurian IAS (Retired) | -Chairman;
| Pullukottayil, Elangumvila Residents Association -61, T K Divakaran Road, |
| Muttada Post Office, Thiruvananthapuram |
2. | Shri.Raveendran Thekkeparambil | -Member; and
| Sreepadam, P.T Road, Pallikunnu Post Office, |
| Kannur-670004 |
3. | Secretary, Department of Environment, Government of Kerala | -Member Secretary.
2. The Authority, Kerala shall take its decision on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal
Committees constituted under paragraphs 4 for the State of Kerala.
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 Kerala, for the purpose of assisting the
Authority, hereby constitutes following State Level Expert Appraisal Committees for the State of Kerala (hereinafter
referred to as the Committees) comprising of the following persons, namely: —
State Level Expert Appraisal Committee-1
(1) | (2) | (3)
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1. | Shri. Anirud Kumar Dharani IFS (Retd) | -Chairman;
| 33 Aranya, Forest Colony, Bagmugaliya, Bhopal |
2. | Dr. Ansari Jamal | -Member;
| Ushus, House No 65, Lal Lane, Industrial Estate Post Office, Pappanamcode, |
| Thiruvananthapuram- 695019 |
3. | Dr. Madhavan Rajaendraprasad | -Member;
| Principal Scientist & Head, Garden Management Division, Kerala State Council for |
| Science, Technology and Environment - Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and |
| Research Institute |
4. | Dr. Manoharan Avbadkam Nair | -Member;
| Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Government College, Kasaragod, |
| Vidyanagar, Kasaragod-671123 |
5. | Dr. Vaippil Balan Vinayan | -Member; and
| Vaippil House, Guru Industrial Training Centre Road, Vengalloor Post Office, |
| Thodupuzha, Idukki.685608 |
6. | Director, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Kerala | -Member Secretary.
State Level Expert Appraisal Committee-2
(1) | (2) | (3)
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1. | Dr. Shibu Krishnan | -Chairman;
| Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental |
| Engineering Division, |
| College of Engineering Trivandrum, |
| Thiruvananthapuram – 695 016 |
2. | Shri.Radhakrishnan Nair Raghavan Nair | -Member;
| Thiruvananthapuram Corporation 40/258(2), Aiswarya Residents' Association |
| Thirumala A 16-2, Thirumala Post Office, Thiruvananthapuram- 695006 |
3. | Dr. Adiyodi Venugopalan Santhoshkumar | -Member;
| Professor and Head, Department of Forest Biology and Tree Improvement, College of |
| Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur- 680656 |
4. | Dr. Harilal Cherukara Chellappan | -Member;
| Professor in Environmental Sciences and Head, Department of Botany, University of |
| Calicut, Malappuram- 673635 |
5. | Dr. Bindhu Beena Cottage Kumara Kurup | -Member; and
| Varaprasadam, Velloor Post Office., Kottayam-686501 |
6. | Director, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Kerala | -Member Secretary.
State Level Expert Appraisal Committee-3
(1) | (2) | (3)
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1. | Dr. Anil Kumar Bharadwaj Indian Forest Service (Retired) | -Chairman;
| 301 Design Arcade, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248002 |
2. | Dr. Anu Gopinath | -Member;
| Professor and Head, |
| Department of Aquatic Environment Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and |
| Ocean Studies, Kochi |
3. | Shri. Anil Kumar Sivasankaran Suseela | -Member;
| Aarabhi, Poovambilly Road, Elamakkara, Ernakulam-682026 |
4. | Dr. Kesavan Vasudevan Pillai | -Member;
| Rajdhani, Ullas Nagar, Vadakkancherry Post office Palakkad- 678683. |
5. | Dr Mahesh Mohan | -Member; and
| Associate Professor and Director, School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma |
| Gandhi University, Priyadarshini Hills Post office., Kottayam-686560 |
6. | Director, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Kerala | -Member Secretary.
5. The State Level Expert Appraisal Committees specified under column (2) of the following Table shall exercise
jurisdiction over districts specified in the corresponding entry under column (3) of the said Table, namely: —
TABLE
S.No. | State Level Expert Appraisal Committee | Area of jurisdiction
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(1) | (2) | (3)
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1. | State Level Expert Appraisal Committee-1 | Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha,
| (South Zone) | Kottayam and Ernakulam Districts
2. | State Level Expert Appraisal Committee -2 | Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram Districts
| (Central Zone) |
3. | State Level Expert Appraisal Committee -3 | Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod Districts
| (North Zone) |
6. The Chairman and Members of the Authority and the Committees, Kerala shall hold office for a period of three
years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
7. The Authority, Kerala 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 Chairman and Members of the Authority, Kerala 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 a project, which is to be decided by the Authority
or to be appraised by the Committees during their tenure; and
(ii) in the preceding five years, if the Chairman or any Member of the Authority, Kerala 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, Kerala 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 Chairman shall endeavour to
reach a consensus in each case, and if cannot be reached consensus, the views of the majority shall prevail.
10. The State Government of Kerala shall notify an agency to act as Secretariat of the Authority, Kerala and the
Committees which shall provide financial and logistic support, including accommodation, transportation and such other
facilities in respect of all their statutory functions.
11. The sitting fees, travelling allowances and dearness allowances to the Chairman and Members of the Authority and
the Committees shall be paid as per the rules of the State Government of Kerala.
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RAJAT AGARWAL, Jt. Secy.
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