law: The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 
  28. Offences by
  
  Government Department. – 
  1.     
  
    Where
  
  any Department of the Government fails to comply with any order or award or
  
  decision of the Tribunal under this Act, the Head of the Department shall be
  
  deemed to be guilty of such failure and shall be liable to be proceeded against
  
  for having committed an offence under this Act and punished accordingly:
  
  Provided that nothing contained in this section shall render such Head of the
  
  Department liable to any punishment if he proves that the offence was committed
  
  without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the
  
  commission of such offence.
  2.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been
  
  committed by a Department of the Government and it is proved that the offence
  
  has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any
  
  neglect on the part of any officer, other than the Head of the Department, such
  
  officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable
  
  to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.