FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1408 OF 2002 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 1 Mr. P.R. Katneshwarkar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. A.S. Bajaj, Advocate for respondent No.6 Mr. V.D. Gunale, Advocate for respondent No.3 Mr. P.P. More, AGP for respondent No.1 Mrs. Renuka Ghule Palve, Advocate for respondent No.2. CORAM :- D.B. BHOSALE & R.M. BORDE, JJ. DATE :- 25TH JANUARY, 2011. PER COURT :- 1] This writ petition, in the nature of public interest, seeks direction to the respondents to close down respondent No.6 – S.K. Oil Mill Industries, on the ground that the trade affluent discharged by way of air and liquid by this mill is harmful to the people residing in the vicinity of the said oil mill. The petitioners have also prayed for direction to the respondents to ensure that the air pollution and water pollution created by the oil mill remains within the prescribed limit and stop emitting foul gases and discharge of polluted water in the surrounding area. These are the main prayers in the writ petition. 2] It appears that on 15/6/2007, this court had directed the respondent No.2 – Maharashtra Pollution Control FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1408 OF 2002 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 2 Board, to submit its report in regard to the trade affluent discharged by way of air or liquid by the oil mill. In the last affidavit filed by one Ashok Kare, Sub Regional Officer, Jalgaon-1, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, after making reference to several reports placed on record, it has been stated that the trade affluent discharge, is within the limits of parameters given by their office and as per the rules of the Environment Protection Act. 3] It is against this backdrop, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has instructions, not to press this writ petition. He further submits that the petitioner has disposed of his residential property situate near the oil mill in question. In the circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, we dispose of the writ petition, as not pressed. [R.M. BORDE, J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] grt/- FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1408 OF 2002 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 3