The petitioners appended a report of the appellate authority of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, which says that closure notices have been served on eight hotels in Mandarmoni. These are Tarangamala, Rose Valley Resort, Oswal Vyapaar (P) Ltd, Samudra Sakshi, Samudra Bilas, Hirak Nath Sahoo, Susanta Kumar Sahoo and Debraj Hotel. These establishments allegedly did not obtain the necessary clearance either from the coastal regulatory authority or WBPCB. In an altogether separate case which is still pending in the high court the closure notices were stayed.

After considering the petitioners’ survey report, the green Bench of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh and Justice Biswanath Somadder directed the National Coastal Regulation Zone Management Authority and the West Bengal Coastal Regulation Zone Management Authority to take action within six weeks. “Following the court order, the regulatory authority may order demolition of unauthorised constructions on the beach,” said Sadhan Roy Chowdhury, counsel for the petitioner.