y H!GH COURT OF CHHATTSSGARH AT BILASPUR 448 RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. & SUNSL J. Writ PetitioiiNo,_5978of200S 1. Bairam Sahu, S/o Ghasiaram Sahu, aged about 30 years, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Sondra, Biock Dharsiwan, District Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 2, Arvind Thakur, S/o Shriram Gopal Slngh Thakur, aged 38 years, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Dondekalan, Block Dharsiwan, District Ralpur (Chhattisgarh) 3. Dr. Arun Kumar Shukla, S/o Late Goverdhan Prasad Shukla, aged about 67 years, Occu'ion Agriculturist, R/o VJilage Kanera, Biock Dharsiwan, Distt. Raipur (Chhattisgarh) Versys 1. of Chhattlsgarh through Secretary, Department of Environment, Mantraiaya; Dau Katyan Singh Bhavvan, Rajpur District Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 2. State of Chhattisgarh through Secretary, Department of industries, Mantralaya, Dau Kalyan Singh Bhawan, Raipur, District Raipur (Chhattjsgarh) 3. Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, through its Secretary, Nanak Niwas, Civil Lines; Raipur (Chhattlsgarh) 4. Centrai Pollution Controi Baard, Through Its Chais'man, East Arjun f 449 Nagar, Shahdara, New Delhi. 5. Labour Commlssioner, (Chhattlsgarh) Ralpur ^ WntPetitJQnUr8derArtlcie228GftheConstjtutionofSnd!a Shri Manindra Shrivastava, iearned Senior Counsel with Shri Bhaskar Payashi, iearned counse! for the petitioners. Shri Kishore Bhaduri, learned Addltiona! Advocate Generai for respondents No.1,2 and 5. Shri V.V.S. Murthy, iearned Senior Counsel with Shri Pankaj Shrivastava, learned counsei for respondents No.3. None for respondent No.4. ORDER (24th June, The foliowing order of the Court was passed by Gupta, C.J. Heard learned counsei for the parties. 2. The petitloners havs fiied this writ petition styied as 'Public interest LJtigatlon' forthe fol!owing retiefs: "7.1 it is prayed that this Hon'bie Court may kindly be pieased to cail for the entire records concerning the case from the possession of the respondents for its klnd perusai. 7.2. Thls Hon'ble Court may kindiy be pieased to a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to take appropriate steps for ensuring that none of the industries are permitted to operate without havlng Enstaiied proper and essential poilution controiijng equipments. 7.3 This Hon'ble Court may further be pleased to issue appropriate writ of mandamus directing the authorities to make necessary enquiry into illegal 450 running of industries without installation of required pollutjon controiiing equipments. 7.4. Any other relief/reliefs, whlch thls Hon'ble Court may think flt and proper in the facts and clrcumstances of the case, with cost of the petition, may piease be granted to the petitioner." 3: Shri Manindra SEirivastava, learned Senior Counsel for the petjtioners couid not dispute that on account of compliance of the interim orders passed in the writ petition, most of the grlevances projected by the petitioners in the writ petition now stand redressed. 4. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as Infructuous wlth the ilberty to the petittoners to fite another wrlt petitlon Ifthe future deveiopments so warrant. Sd/- Ghief Justice Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge '^u