High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPPIL/18/2015disposed off

T. Hemant Kumar Naidu v. M/S Sarguja Rail Corridor Pvt. Ltd. Adani Group And ORS.

2017-08-18Hon'Ble The Chief Justice,Hon'Ble Shri Justice Sharad Kumar Gupta2 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (PIL) No. 18 of 2015 T. Hemant Kumar Naidu, S/o. T. Shesha Rao Naidu, Aged about 53 years, R/o Baikuntpur Road, Ramanuj Nagar, Surajpur District, CG State ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. M/s Sarguja Rail Corridor Pvt Ltd., (Adani Group), Behind Shyam Baba Mandir, Ketka Road, Ward No. 10, Surajpur District, CG State, PIN 497235

2. District Collector, Collectorate, Surajpur District, CG State, PIN 497235

3. Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Dugupara, Ramanuj Nagar, Surajpur District, CG State PIN 497333

4. The CG Pollution Control Board, Through its Regional Officer, Ambikapur District, CG State

5. State of CG through Secretary (Land & Revenue) Govt. of C.G. Secretariat, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Raipur District, CG State ---- Respondents For Petitioner : Shri K.R. Nair, Advocate For Respondent No.1 : Shri Dr. N.K. Shukla, Senior Advocate with Shri Ayaz Naved and Shri Shailendra Shukla, Advocates For State/Respondents 2 & 5 : Shri R.K. Gupta, Deputy Advocate General For Respondent No.4 : Shri V.V.S. Murthy, Senior Advocate with Shri A. Singh, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Sharad Kumar Gupta , Judge Order on Board Per, Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, Chief Justice 18/08/2017

1. This writ petition is instituted as a Public Interest Litigation highlighting the dust emission, air pollution and nuisance as a result of the activities of coal

transport.

2. Looking at the earlier orders and the compliance report which has been filed, we do not think that any further directions are called for but to record the compliance report and close the matter leaving it to the Respondents, including the transporting authorities, to ensure due compliance of the applicable laws relating to prevention of pollution and transport of such materials.

3. The amount of security deposit of Rs.5,000/-, if deposited, be refunded to the Petitioner.

4. The writ petition is ordered accordingly.

Sd/- Sd/- (Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan) (Sharad Kumar Gupta) Chief Justice Judge vatti