THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.NO.19630 OF 2007 18-11-2009 BETWEEN; Srinivasa Nagar Colony Residents’ Welfare Association, rep. by its President and another ...Petitioner vs. Government of A.P. rep. by Special Secretary Environment and others ...Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.NO.19630 OF 2007 ORAL ORDER: (Per GR,J) Srinivasa Nagar Colony Residents’ Welfare Association, a societ registered under the Societies Registration Act, with a charter involving a object to cater to the welfare of the inhabitants of Srinivasa Nagar Colony Lingojiguda, Saroornagar, under L.B. Nagar Municipality and a resident o the colony have filed this writ petition aggrieved by the inaction of th respondents 1 and 2 in the matter of taking steps for shifting of responden Nos.3 to 13’s rice mills from the residential colony and for an appropriat direction. Pursuant to the directions of this Court dated 19-01-2009, an orde dated 24-10-2009 of the appellate authority under the Water (Preventio and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control o Pollution) Act, 1981 in Appeal Nos. 1 to 6 of 2008, 15 to 24 of 2009 and 4 to 55 of 2009 is placed before this Court for consideration. It would appea from a perusal of the order above that the A.P. Pollution Control Board ha passed an order of closure against several rice mills operating in an around Lingojiguda, Karmanghat, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Redd District. These rice mills, therefore, filed appeals before the appellat authority and the appeals were disposed of by the order dated 24-10-2009 To the extent relevant and material for the purpose of this writ petition suffice it note that the learned appellate authority has recorded that it is no inclined to interfere with the orders of the A.P. Pollution Control Boar directing closure. However, in order to provide a minimal time for the ric mills in question to shift their operations to a suitable alternative location the appellate authority directed maintenance of status quo for a period o three (3) months, subject to the same terms and conditions as laid down i an earlier order dated 09-03-2009 in I.A.Nos.55 to 64 of 2009 in Appea Nos. 15 to 24 of 2009. The learned counsel for the petitioners states that in the light of th aforementioned order of the appellate authority, in substance confirmin the order of the Pollution Control Board the substantive grievance of th petitioners does not survive for adjudication. In the light of the submission, the writ petition is dismissed a infructuous. No order as to costs. ______________ GODA RAGHURAM,J __________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J 18th NOVEMBER 2009. TSNR