Chandigarh, Nov. 2 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the Haryana government why the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has not been constituted after February 2025.

The high court bench of justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and justice Rohit Kapoor has directed Haryana to file a specific affidavit of the additional chief secretary, Department of Mines and Geology clarifying as to why SEIAA has not been constituted after February 2025. Further it directed that complete correspondence between Haryana and concerned departments of Central government in this regard be placed on record with the affidavit by November 19.

The court was hearing a plea from M/s Darsh Minerals Private Limited and others, who had told the ...