HON’BLE SRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY WRIT PETITION No. 12090 OF 2006 Between: A.P. Pollution Control Board, Paryavaran Bhavan, A-3, Industrial Estate, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad, rep. by its Member Secretary ……Petitioner And M/s. J.K.Batteries, 7-3-122/7, Old Kurnool Road, Kattedan, Hyderabad, Reptd. by its Manager Sri P.K. Sharma and three others ……Respondents :: ORDER :: Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri S.V. Bhatt Counsel for the Respondents : None Dated: 11-07-2006 Per G.S. SINGHVI, CJ In this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (for short ‘the Board) has prayed for setting aside a portion of order dated 16-5-2006 vide which the Appellate Authority constituted under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (for short ‘the Water Act’) and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (for short ‘the Air Act’) dismissed the appeal filed by respondent No.1 against the closure order but granted liberty to it to continue to operate for a period of three months. Notice of the writ petition has been served on respondent No.1 but neither any counter has been filed nor any one has appeared on its behalf to contest the prayer made in the writ petition. Sri Bhatt, learned counsel for the petitioner says that the issue raised in this petition is identical to one decided by the Court in Writ Petition No.11208 of 2006 and batch. We have gone through order dated 30-6-2006 passed in Writ Petition No. 11208 of 2006 and are convinced that this writ petition deserves to be allowed in similar terms. Ordered accordingly. The detailed reasons recorded in order dated 30-06-2006 passed in Writ Petition No.11208 of 2006 shall be read as part of this order. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ G.V. SEETHAPATHY,J 11-07-2006 ks