Can guidelines framed by the Central Empowered Committee for future wildlife translocations be given statutory status, and may the status of an area declared a protected forest be altered?

Paragraph 11In view of the foregoing discussion, we deem it appropriate to issue the following directions: - A. All the recommendations contained in the report of the Central Empowered Committee, quoted supra, are hereby accepted. B. The concerned authorities are directed to take necessary steps for the relocation of the deer from A.N. Jha Deer Park in a time-bound manner, under the supervision of the Central Empowered Committee, and in strict adherence to the draft guidelines on Animal Translocation as framed by the Central Empowered Committee. C. It is directed that retention of up to 38 deer at A.N. Jha Deer Park as recommended by the Central Empowered Committee shall be permissible only subject to the grant of requisite approvals and clearances by the Central Zoo Authority. The DDA shall ensure that it develops and upgrades the necessary logistical capacity, infrastructure, and adequately trained human resources for the upkeep and management of the said deer population. The DDA shall ensure that the retained population has an optimal sex ratio of 15 males to 23 females. Such retention shall be effected only upon and in accordance with the permissions granted by the Central Zoo Authority. In case, the DDA is unable to attain these mandatory compliances, appropriate application may be moved in this Court for clarification/further directions. D. The concerned authorities shall take all necessary and proactive steps to comply with the other recommendations made by the Central Empowered Committee. E. In view of the fact that the area comprising the A.N. Jha Deer Park, Hauz Khas, New Delhi stands declared as a protected forest, it is hereby directed that, under no circumstances, shall the nature or status of the said area be altered, and the same shall continue to be maintained as a protected forest at all times in the future. F. The draft comprehensive guidelines prepared by the Central Empowered Committee for future wildlife translocations, incorporating scientific methodology, identification and tagging protocols, procedural safeguards, transportation and veterinary requirements, ecological feasibility assessment, and a post-release monitoring framework in conformity with the applicable statutory regime and IUCN Guidelines, shall be examined by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and implemented, with such modifications as may be deemed appropriate, within a period of six months. These guidelines deserve to be, and shall be, imparted statutory status. A compliance report shall be submitted to this Court in respect of this direction. G. The Registry is directed to forthwith transmit a copy of this order, along with the report of the Central Empowered Committee, to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for necessary compliance.