law: The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 
  18. Application or
  
  appeal to Tribunal. – 
  1.     
  
    Each
  
  application under sections 14 and 15 or an appeal under section 16 shall, be
  
  made to the Tribunal in such form, contain such particulars, and, be
  
  accompanied by such documents and such fees as may be prescribed.
  2.     
  
    Without
  
  prejudice to the provisions contained in section 16, an application for grant
  
  of relief or compensation or settlement of dispute may be made to the Tribunal
  
  by-
  a.      the person, who has
  
  sustained the injury; or
  b.     the owner of the
  
  property to which the damage has been caused; or
  c.      where death has
  
  resulted from the environmental damage, by all or any of the legal
  
  representatives of the deceased; or
  d.     any agent duly
  
  authorised by such person or owner of such property or all or any of the legal
  
  representatives of the deceased, as the case may be; or
  e.      any person aggrieved,
  
  including any representative body or organisation; or
  f.      the Central
  
  Government or a State Government or a Union territory Administration or the
  
  Central Pollution Control Board or a State Pollution Control Board or a
  
  Pollution Control Committee or a local authority, or any environmental
  
  authority constituted or established under the Environment (Protection) Act,
  
  1986 or any other law for the time being in force:
  Provided that where
  
  all the legal representatives of the deceased have not joined in any such
  
  application for compensation or relief or settlement of dispute, the
  
  application shall be made on behalf of, or, for the benefit of all the legal
  
  representatives of the deceased and the legal representatives who have not so
  
  joined shall be impleaded as respondents to the application:
  Provided further that
  
  the person, the owner, the legal representative, agent, representative body or
  
  organisation shall not be entitled to make an application for grant of relief
  
  or compensation or settlement of dispute if such person, the owner, the legal
  
  representative, agent, representative body or organisation have preferred an
  
  appeal under section 16.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
  
  
    The
  
  application, or as the case may be, the appeal filed before the Tribunal under
  
  this Act shall be dealt with by it as expeditiously as possible and endeavour
  
  shall be made by it to dispose of the application, or, as the case may be, the
  
  appeal, finally within six months from the date of filing of the application,
  
  or as the case may be, the appeal, after providing the parties concerned an
  
  opportunity to be heard.