Gurugram, July 24 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a status report from the chief secretary of Haryana on the unauthorised operation of liquor shops and taverns within green belts in Faridabad. The green body also asked the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to ascertain the period during which violators were operating from the green cover and to impose a pre-dated environment cess. During the hearing on Tuesday in a plea alleging illegal encroachments and operations by around 38 liquor shops and taverns within green belts in Faridabad, the NGT's principal bench asked the state government to settle jurisdictional disputes among multiple civic bodies and provide a list demarcating the land area under each agency to take action. During the previous hearing in December 2025, the tribunal directed the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to submit an action taken report. Taking cognisance of HSVP's report made public on July 20, the NGT's bench of Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr Afroz Ahmed directed the chief secretary to disclose the ownership of green verges from where vends were operating in the district. The bench observed that the HSVP didn't disclose the ownership status of several locations from where almost 13 of 38 shops were operating. It asked the chief secretary to submit their status report within the next four weeks. HSPCB and Forest Department will file their ATR one week before the next hearing on October 8, it said....