The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered closure of 12 eating joints in Delhi’s Hauz Khas area for not having applied for consent to operate till date since its last year’s order directing them to do so after complying with all the norms.

A bench headed by justices P Jyothimani and M S Nambiar gave the restaurants a week’s time to apply for consent to operate (CTO) and directed Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to take a decision on their applications on receiving them.