The union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, in a notification, said Justice Singh would act as the chairperson until an appointment is made to the post
The Centre on Thursday appointed Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, a judicial member of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), as its acting chairperson following the retirement of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.
The union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, in a notification, said Justice Singh would act as the chairperson until an appointment is made to the post.
Sheo Kumar Singh 1 joined Judicial Service in 1984 and worked as district judge in different districts of UP, Registrar (Judicial), Supreme Court of India, Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad before his elevation as high court judge.
He was appointed Observer, Ram Janam Bhumi, Ayodhya, Faizabad by the order of the Supreme Court to monitor the excavation work carried out by the expert team of Archeological Survey of India (ASI).
He also served as a judge, Industrial Tribunal UP, chairman of oversight committee, UP constituted by NGT.
Adarsh Kumar Goel who had taken over NGT as chairperson on July 6, 2018, completed his tenure of five years on Thursday.
“In the last five years July 2018 to July 2023 several innovative steps have been taken by National Green Tribunal with a focus to simplify the procedures to make NGT people friendly and to improve faster disposal of matters,” the environment ministry said in a statement.
Justice SK Singh will act as chairperson until a new chairperson is appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Tribunal Reform Act, 2021 read with National Green Tribunal, Act 2010.
In April, NGT had constituted a high-powered committee headed by the secretary, union environment ministry to revisit the environmental clearance (EC) granted by the environment ministry to the Great Nicobar township and area development and other infrastructure projects involving an area of 16,610 hectares in the ecologically fragile islands.
