Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Sajeev Bharadwaj Vs State of Telangana & Others dated 27/07/2016 regarding alleged environmental violations committed by persons illegally involved in the rearing of banned African Catfish in the areas of Gadwal, Dharoor, Alampur, Atmakur, Kollapur, ltikyala, Wadapally, Matkal, Maganoor Mandals of Mahabubnagar District and backwaters of Priyadarshini Jurala Project, Srisalam Project, Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers belt.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of P. Narendhar Reddy Vs. State of Telangana & Ors. dated 22/01/2016 regarding illegal mining/extraction of sand, gravel and marbel carried out in the State of Telangana without obtaining necessary Environment Clearance from SEIAA/MoEF. The applicant is a resident of Nizamabad district, Telangana State.

NGT in its Order said that this is a matter which should be heard and disposed by the Southern Bench, NGT as no reason whatsoever has been shown as to why this petition is to be entertained by the Principal Bench, New Delhi.