Tiger reserve notification case adjourned till December 11
Panjim: The Bombay High Court in Goa on Monday adjourned till December 11 the hearing on two miscellaneous civil applications filed by the Goa government and NGO Goa Foundation on the issue of notifying the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and its surrounding area as a tiger reserve. Gave. The case was fixed for before the Supreme Court on 10 November.
The state government has filed a special leave petition (SLP) before the apex court challenging the high court order of July 24, 2023, notifying the tiger reserve, which is likely to come up for hearing on November 10. There is a possibility. Advocate General Devidas Pangam said the state government and Goa Foundation made a joint request to the High Court to hold the hearing after the Diwali holidays.
On November 1, the High Court had adjourned the hearing in miscellaneous civil applications filed by the state government and Goa Foundation.
The state government is seeking extension of time to notify the tiger reserve after the three-month deadline set by the high court expires on October 24, while the Goa Foundation has sought directions to issue notice to the respondents under the Contempt of Court Act. Have approached the High Court to give it. ,
On September 25, the Supreme Court had refused to stay the High Court order directing the state government to notify Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and its surrounding areas as a tiger reserve, and the Goa Foundation , had issued a notice to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate. Change (MoEF&CC) and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
The Status of Tigers in India (Co-predators and Prey) Report 2014, released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body constituted under the Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972, states about the presence of tigers in the region. Goa Foundation has said.
