IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.8268 of 2007 Between: 1. U.Guruvaiah 2. M.Devaiah 3. R.Satyanarayana 4. M.Manohar, 5. A.Lingaiah 6. N.Rajaiah 7. B.Venkatagiri 8. B. Bikshapathi 9. U. Venkaiah 10.Pochaiah 11. R.Ramaiah ....Petitioners And 1. The A.P. Pollution Control Board represented by its Member Secretary, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad. 2. The District Collector, Nizamabad District, Nizamabad. 3. The Superintendent of Police, Nizamabad District at Nizamabad. 4. The Commissioner, Bodhan Municipality, Bodhan, Nizamabad District. 5. The Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Principal Secretary, Environment, Forest, Science and Technology Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6. The Nizam Deccan Sugars Ltd., Bodhan, Nizamabad District represented by its Managing Director. ....Respondents For the reasons stated in the "Petition" dated 09-04- 2007 sent by the petitioner herein, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an order, direction, or a writ, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus to call for the records and remarks from the respondents herein in and connected to (i) storing of chemically treated eﬄuents released from the distillery plant of the Nizam Deccan Sugars Ltd., at Shakkarnagar in open lagoon (pits) very near the residential area, coming contamination of the ground water; (ii) releasing of ethanol and other harmful gases into the atmosphere by the said plant, causing asthma to the public of town in particularly children and old aged persons; (iii) releasing of dust and ﬁre ash particles from the chimney of the said plant into the atmosphere, causing irritation to the eyes and leading to lung diseases; (iv) threatening the representation lists with dire consequences by the management of the said factory and; (v) action of the respondents on the petitions for the past two years; and this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to pass appropriate orders directing the concerned authorities not to store eﬄuents in the lagoons and open large pits near the residential area and to take steps for eﬀective discharge of eﬄuents to clear ground water pollution and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the petitioner : Taken-up Petition Counsel for respondent No.1 : Sri Y. Srinivasa Murthy Counsel for respondent No.2 : Govt. Pleader for Revenue Counsel for respondent No.3 : Govt. Pleader for Home Counsel for respondent No.4 : None Counsel for respondent No.5 : Govt. Pleader for Forests Counsel for respondent No.6 : Sri E. Manohar, Senior Advocate assisted by Sri P. Kamalakar. The Court made the following: ORDER: (per Anil R. Dave, C.J.) In pursuance of certain grievances made in letter dated 9th April, 2007, which had been addressed to the Chief Justice of this Court, the said letter was treated as a petition. Similar grievances had been ventilated by some other persons in letter dated 3rd January, 2007, which had been treated as a petition being Writ Petition No.1806 of 2007. As Writ Petition No.1806 of 2007 has been disposed of by a speaking order, in our opinion, the grievances ventilated in this petition do not survive and, therefore, this petition is also disposed of. ANIL R. DAVE, C.J. 22nd August, 2008 VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J. ........REGISTRAR To 1. The Member Secretary, A.P.Pollution Control Board, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad. 2. The District Collector, Nizamabad District, Nizamabad. 3. The Superintendent of Police, Nizamabad. 4. The Commissioner, Bodhan Municipality, Bodhan, Nizamabad District. 5. The Principal Secretary, Environment Forest Science and Technology Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6. Two copies to the Govt. Pleader for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 7. Two copies to the Govt. Pleader for Forests, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 8. Two copies to the Govt. Pleader for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 9. Two C.D. copies. ARS