The Kuala Lumpur High Court fixed April 14 to decide on the application by 27 Orang Asli to review the Department of Environment (DOE) director-general's decision in approving the environmental impact assessment report for the Kelau Dam project in Raub, Pahang.

Justice Mohamed Apandi Ali set aside the date when the case was called for mention today.

Pendor Anger and 26 others, from the Senoi and Temuan indigenous tribe, filed the judicial review application on Oct 9, 2007, naming the DOE director-general and the Pahang and Malaysian governments as respondents.

On Oct 30 last year, they were granted leave by the High Court to seek a judicial review of the DOE's decision.

They claimed that the land involved in the project was passed down to them by their ancestors and that it was where they find livelihood for their families.

They want a declaration that the government, by approving the dam project, has breached its fiduciary duty to protect the Orang Asli.

They are also seeking costs and other relief deemed fit by the court.

The applicants are represented by counsel Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin while senior federal counsel Azizah Nawawi appears for the respondents.

- Bernama