Jaipur, Oct. 16 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Zone Bench, Bhopal, has disposed of a petition challenging the allotment of land for a solid waste management site in Ajmer, holding that the application was not maintainable in the absence of a demonstrated substantial environmental question. The tribunal was hearing application filed by Drupad Malik and another against the Ajmer Municipal Corporation and other respondents. The applicants challenged the land allotment, alleging that relevant HBU scheme and layout plan were inconsistent with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026. The bench, comprising judicial member Justice Sheo Kumar Singh and expert member Sudhir Kumar Chaturvedi, noted that the applicants had neither specified the relevant survey number or area of the land nor placed the District Collector's allotment order on record. The tribunal observed disputes concerning land allotment and land use generally fall within jurisdiction of competent civil or revenue authorities. The NGT can examine such matters only when a substantial question relating to environment, arising under the applicable environmental laws, is established within its statutory jurisdiction. While considering the provisions of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, and relevant Supreme Court judgments, the bench distinguished administrative disputes over land allotment from environmental issues falling within the tribunal's jurisdiction. The order does not amount to a determination on merits of underlying land-allotment dispute....