"Why should the Secretariat building take consent to operate and establish? It is not an industry. Why should it take permission under air and water Act? Does the building fall under notified air zone?" a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said and asked petitioner Mahendra Pandey to first approach the authorities concerned with an appropriate representation.
The green panel then dismissed the plea as "withdrawn" and directed advocate Gaurav Bansal, appearing for petitioner, to approach Delhi government for his grievance.
Claiming that the Secretariat building is one of the major sources of polluting Yamuna, the former scientist had said that it generates 1 lakh litre of sewage per day along with waste water which is untreated.
Pandey has said that the Delhi Secretariat building cannot operate unless it has "No Objection Certificate" under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.