IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 23462 of 2011 Date of Decision: December 16, 2011 Pawan Kumar …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: HON'BLE HON'BLE HON'BLE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. HON’BLE MR. HON’BLE MR. HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JUSTICE JUSTICE JUSTICE RAJIV NARAI RAJIV NARAI RAJIV NARAI RAJIV NARAIN RAINA N RAINA N RAINA N RAINA Present: Mr. K.B. Sidhu, Advocate, for Mr. R.S. Mamli, Advocate, for the petitioner. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. M.M. M.M. M.M. KUMAR, J. KUMAR, J. KUMAR, J. KUMAR, J. 1. The prayer made in the instant petition is for issuance of direction to respondents Nos. 1 and 2 not to permit respondent No. 3 to carry on its unit in the vicinity of the abadi area of the village and further to take appropriate remedial steps for shifting of the unit to some industrial area so that the air and water pollution, which is being emitted/discharged from the industrial unit could be stopped. 2. The grievance made in the present petition is that petitioner is a resident of village Agwanpur, Tehsil and District Palwal. It is alleged that about 100 meter away from the abadi area there exists a Milk Plant of Doiba Industrial Progressive India Limited-respondent No. 3, which is causing air and water CWP No. 23462 of 2011 2 pollution. Various types of chemicals used in the plant are discharged along with the water and coal is used for energy due to which smoke and ash is emitted. Due to this, it has become very difficult for the petitioner and other villagers to stay in the houses. The water, which is stagnated in the pits, provides perfect environment for mosquito breeding. A number of requests have been made by the villagers to the Sub Divisional Officer and the Deputy Commissioner concerned to shift the unit. Even the authorities of the State Pollution Control Board were approached to take action against respondent No. 3 but to of no avail. In that regard a representation is stated to have been made by the petitioner on 18.9.2011 to the Chairman, Haryana Pollution Control Board (P-1), which is pending consideration. The petitioner has also placed on record various photographs of the area (P-2). 3. Keeping in view the nature of the prayer made and the fact that representation made by the petitioner is pending since September 2011, we deem it appropriate to direct respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to decide the representation of the petitioner within two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 4. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms. (M.M. KUMAR) (M.M. KUMAR) (M.M. KUMAR) (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE (RAJIV NARAIN RAINA RAJIV NARAIN RAINA RAJIV NARAIN RAINA RAJIV NARAIN RAINA) December December December December 16 16 16 16, 2011 , 2011 , 2011 , 2011 JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE PKapoor