® HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVISSON BENCH CORAM: HON'BLE SHRS RAJEEV GUPTA, CJ. HON'BLE SHRS SUNIL KUIVIAR SSNHA, J. Wnt PetltJonNo. 87/2004 Dr. Pratap Agrawal, S/o Late B.N. AgrawaS, Age 60 years, Advocate, R/o Jagdaipur, Bastar (C.G.) Versus RESPONDENTS 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through Secretary, Department of Land and Revenue, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) 2. Coilector, Jagdaipur (Bastar) 3. Collector, Dantewada (C.G.) Letter PetltiQn Present: Shri Manindra Shrivastava, Senior Advocate with Shri Ashish Shrivastava, Advocate appears as Amicus Curiae. Shri Yashwant Singh Thakur, Dy AG for the State. Shri PS Koshy, counsel for National Mineral Development Corporation. Shri Dileep Dubey, counsef on behalf of Dr NKShukla, Senior counsel forthe Chhattisgarh State Pollution Control Board. ORDER pth (27m February, 2008) The foilowing order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, CJ. This writ petition came to be reglstered on the communlcation from one Dr Pratap Agrawai, alieging that ^ssi- .^^r^-'^. /:K:^ \flQ INt1»N»r^ poilutlon leve! in the three rivers known as Shankini, Dankini & Indravatj was beyond permlssible Simits. 2) in compiiance of the interim order passed in the writ petition, Chhattisgarh State Pollution Controi Board has carried out test to ascertain the pollution level in the water of the above named three rivers. !n the report submitted by them in the month of January, 2008, which is supported by the datas on the basis whereof the said report was submitted, it is reported that in the water of the three rivers, the poijution level was within permissible limits. 3) We hope that the Chhattisgarh State Poliution Control Board wltl continue to undertake the exercise of periodica! test of the poilution levei in these rivers, preferably every six months and whenever potlution ievei is found more than the permissibie limit, appropriate action shouid be taken against those responsible for causing pollution in these rivers. 4) With the above order, the writ petition stands disposed of. ____ — Sd/- Ghief Justice Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge padma