IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 5404 of 2009 Between: M/s. Pioneer Enterprises, Plot No.15, Technocrat Industrial Estate, Balanagar, Hyderabad, represented by its Proprietor, Radheshyam Dhuwalia. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A P Pollution Control Board, Zonal Office, 4th Floor, Hyderabad Collectorate Building, Nampally, Hyderabad, represented by its Chief Environmental Engineer. 2 A P Pollution Control Board, Sanathnagar Industrial Estate, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, represented by its Member Secretary. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or Writs, order or direction, declaring the action of the Respondents in orally directing the Petitioner to close down its industry as illegal and arbitrary and to consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with running of petitioner industry and its activity of electro plating of engineering components; Award costs Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.SRIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.Y.SRINIVASA MURTHY The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) It has been submitted by the learned advocates that during the pendency of this petition closure order has been passed by respondent No. 1 – Board and the said closure order has already been challenged by the petitioner. In the circumstances, the petition stands disposed of as having become infructuous with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J 7th April, 2009. ks