IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17572 of 2009 1. Sunil Kumar Rathi, son of Late Kishan Lal Rathi, resident of Mohalla- Gurhatta, Hamam Road, P.S.- Khajekalan, District- Patna. 2. Vimal Kishore Choudhary, son of Late Hardev Prasad Choudhary, resident of opposite Bikaner Plastic Industries, Gurhatta, Hamam Road, Patna City, P.S.- Khajekalan, District- Patna. 3. Jayram Mehta, son of Late Ramchandar Mehta. 4. Bhola Singh, son of Shri Veer Bhushan Singh. 5. Sadhu Sharan Prasad, son of Shri Chandeshwar Prasad. 6. Anil Kumar, son of Subhash Pandit. 3 to 6 are resident of Gurhatta Hamam Road, Patna City, P.S.- Khajekalan, District- Patna. ……Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Environment, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The State Pollution Control Board through its Chairman, Beltron Bhawan, Shastrinagar, Patna. 3. The Secretary, the State Pollution Control Board, Beltron Bhawan, Shastrinagar, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate, Patna. 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Patna City, Patna. 6. The Deputy Collector, District Public Complaint Cell, Patna. 7. The Bikaner Plastics Industry through proprietor Narayan Das Rathi, S/o Deo Kishan Rathi, situated at Mohalla- Gurhatta, Hamam Road, P.S.- Khajekalan, District-Patna. 8. The Dadiji Packaging Industry through its proprietor Sarita Devi Rathi, W/o Narayan Deo Rathi, at Mohalla-Gurhatta, Hamam Road, P.S. Khajekalan, District-Patna. ………Respondents. ----------- 8. 03. 03. 2011. No body appears on behalf of the petitioners. Learned counsel for the State is present and has placed before us a counter affidavit filed on 3rd February, 2011, to show that on the basis of recommendation of the concerned committee "Infrastructure Development Authority, Patna" has recommended vide letter no. 90, dated 19. 01. 2011, to allot 25 acres of land at industrial area, Fatuha, to enable the plastic manufacturing units of 2 Patna City residential area to shift to vacant site at industrial area, Fatuha. Apparently, State Government is required to take some more steps for allotment of land out of 25 acres of land of industrial area, Fatuha for shifting of plastic manufacturing units of Patna City. This writ petition has been filed by way of Public Interest Litigation so that residents of Patna City may be saved from pollution caused by plastic manufacturing units operating from residential areas. No body appears no behalf of the petitioners. But in Public Interest we propose to dispose of this writ petition with a direction that the State Government shall complete the scheme by taking necessary steps so that plastic manufacturing units operating from residential areas of Patna City are not permitted to operate from residential areas, within a reasonable time such as six months. With the above observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. m.p. ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Gopal Prasad, J.)