1 IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVLL CIVLL CIVLL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 4288 OF 1994 PETITION NO. 4288 OF 1994 PETITION NO. 4288 OF 1994 The Bombay Environmental Action ... Petitioners Group & Ors. Vs. The Union of India ... Respondents None for petitioners. Mr. P.S. Cardoza, AGP for State. Mr. Kiran Kandpile for Respondent No.1 CORAM CORAM CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & : BILAL NAZKI & : BILAL NAZKI & A.P. A.P. A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. DESHPANDE, JJ. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE DATE DATE : 2ND APRIL, 2008 : 2ND APRIL, 2008 : 2ND APRIL, 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. :- :- :- 1) Nobody appears for the Petitioners. 2) In this petition, certain provisions of the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 1994 and certain declarations and Notifications have been challenged as ultra-vires. Without having any assistance on behalf of the Petitioners, it will not be possible for this Court to come to the conclusion as to whether these provisions are ultra vires or not. In this view of the matter,the petition is dismissed. 2 3) More so, we are dismissing this petition because only the vires of regulations is challenged without any further prayer. ( A.P. DESHPANDE, J.) A.P. DESHPANDE, J.) A.P. DESHPANDE, J.) ( BILAL NAZKI, J.) BILAL NAZKI, J.) BILAL NAZKI, J.)