Judgment:
INTHEHIGHCOURTOFJHARKHANDATRANCHI W.P .(PIL)No.2663of2011 with I.A.No.6161of2013 VishalKumar ... ... Petitioner Versus UnionofIndiathroughtheCentralPollutionControl Board,undertheMinistryofEnvironment&Forest, GovernmentofIndia,NewDelhi&Ors. ... ... Respondents CORAM :HONEBLETHEACTINGCHIEFJUSTICE :HON'BLEMR.JUSTICESHREECHANDRASHEKHAR ForthePetitioner :Mr.S.Rahman,Advocate FortheUnionofIndia :Mr.VishalKr.Rai,J.C.toMr.M.M.Khan,ASGI FortheJSPCB :Mr.SohailAnwar,Sr.Advocate Mr.RahulSaboo,A.K.Pandey,Advocates FortheCPCB :Mr.ManishKumar,Advocate FortheIntervener :Mr.SumeetGadodia,Advocate th 15/Dated:19 August,2013 PerD.N.Patel,A.C.J.
W.P.(PIL)No.2663of2011 1. Counsel appearing for the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Boardisseekingtimetofilefurtheraffidavitregardingfurthersteps takentoreducethepollutionintheareawhichisreferredtointhe thememoofthepetition.ItisfurthersubmittedbytheJharkhand StatePollutionControlBoardthattheywillalsoorganiseawareness programmes,seminarsetc.Theywillputnecessaryhoardingsinthe areaconcernedforthereductionofthepollutionandtheywillalso giveproperguidancesofaraspurchaseofequipments,abouttheir pricesandavailabilityintheopenmarketoftheseinstrumentsandif needarises,theywillalsomakesuggestiontotheStateGovernment ortheCentralGovernmentforgrantofsubsidyforsuchothertypeof financialassistanceforthepurchaseofsuchequipmentswhichare requiredforreductioninthepollution.Thus,allpossiblestepsshall be taken for sensitising of the industries for reduction of the pollution.TheyhavealsogivennoticesundertheAir(Preventionand Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, as also under the Environment ProtectionAct,1986,toseveralindustries.Theyhavealsoorderedto closedowncertainindustriesasreferredintheaffidavitfiledtodayby theJharkhandStatePollutionControlBoardandtheywillalsodraw thesampleofwaterandairandtheanalysiswillbemadeperiodically andthosedataswillalsobepresentedbeforethisCourtonthenext dateofhearing.
2. The matter is, therefore, adjourned to be listed on 23rd September,2013. I.A.No.6161of2013 3. Counsel appearing for the applicant also seeks time to file furtheraffidavit.
4. Counselappearingforthepetitionerisdirectedtofilereplyto theaffidavit,whichisgoingtobefiledbytheapplicantinthisI.A. (D.N.Patel,A.C.J.) (ShreeChandrashekhar,J.) Manish/Amit