Explanation:

• Recently Chhattisgarh State Wildlife Board rejected National Tiger Conservation Authority's (NTCA) recommendation to assign Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) the status of a Tiger Reserve. Hence option (a) is the correct answer. • Challenging the governments decision a public interest litigation (PIL), demanding to designate the Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) as a tiger reserve and the Chilpi Range as a buffer zone has been filed. But the Chhattisgarh high court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL). • The court emphasized that the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) had only suggested measures for the potential declaration of BWS as a Tiger Reserve and had not issued a binding recommendation. • There are to date 54 tiger Reserves and the last one to get the status was Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary which is located in the state of Chhattisgarh.