Ill. PROCEDURE 11. The Application was filed before the Court on 12 July 2012 and served on the Respondent by a notice dated 25 September 2012. 12 . On 14 December 2012, the Respondent filed its Response to the Application in which it raised several Preliminary Objections and this was transmitted to the Applicant by a letter dated 16 January 2013. 13.0n 28 December 2012, the Applicant requested the Court to issue an Order for Provisional Measures to forestall the implementation of the directive issued by the Respondent's Ministry of Lands on 9 November 2012 limiting the restrictions on transactions for land measuring not more than five acres within the Mau Forest Complex Area. 14.By a letter dated 23 January 2013, Ms. Lucy Claridge, Head of Law, MRGI, Mr. Korir Sing'oei , Strategy and Legal Advisor , CEMIRIDE, and Mr . Daniel Kobei, Executive Director of Ogiek People's Development Programme (OPDP) sought leave to intervene, and be heard in the case as original complainants before the Commission in accordance with Rule 29 (3) (c) of the Rules. 15. On 15 March 2013, the Applicant filed its Response to the Preliminary Objections raised by the Respondent and this was transmitted to the Respondent by a letter dated 18 March 2013. 16.0n 15 March 2013 , the Court issued an Order for Provisional Measures directed at the Respondent on the basis that there was a situation of extreme gravity and urgency as well as a risk of irreparable harm to the Ogieks . The Order contained the following measures: "1). The Respondent shall immediately reinstate the restrictions it had imposed on land transactions in the Mau 4