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Section 21 in THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981
THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

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Jharkhand High Court
Ms R D S Bricks Through Its ... vs The State Of Jharkhand And Ors on 7 July, 2014
     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
                        L.P.A. No. 24 of 2014
        M/s R.D.S. Bricks                  ......... Appellant
                             -Versus-
        The State of Jharkhand and ors. ........ Respondents

     CORAM :     HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
                 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.P. BHATT

                                         ...
       For the Appellant   : Mr.S.L.Agrawal, Advocate
       For the Respondents: M/s Ajit Kumar, AAG & Vikash Kumar,JC to
                            AAG

                                       Dated 7th July, 2014
By Court- This Letters Patent Appeal is directed against the order

dated 4.12.2013 passed in W.P.(C) No. 7657 of        2012 , whereby

the Interlocutory Application filed by the appellant being I.A. No.

5232 of 2013, seeking stay of letter no. 29 dated 5.11.2012 issued

by the Forester, Bhadudih, Jamshedpur has been rejected.

2.       The appellant is carrying on the business of manufacturing

of bricks at Plot nos. 64,65,66,71,72,73,74,75,379,380 and 389(P)

having an area of 9.33 acress at Patamda in the district of East

Singhbhum since 2000.       The appellant has been granted permit

under Rule 31 of the Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules

by the Assistant Mining Officer, East Singhbhum for the year

2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12. For running the brick

kiln, the appellant was granted consent by the Jharkhand State

Pollution Control Board under Section 21 of the Air (Prevention &

Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.

3.         For the protection and existence of ecology and habitat of

wild life of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, the Government of India has

taken steps for prohibiting the running of industries of brick kiln

in the Eco-sensitive Zone of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary vide Ministry
                            2.

of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O. 680(E)             dated

29.3.2012

and pleased to notify the area up to five kilometers as Eco Sensitive Zone. Stating that the appellant- brick kiln is a polluting industry and is remitting hazardous solid waste in terrestrial area of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary as well as using firewood in the process of baking bricks as well as damaging forest environment which is ultimately consumed by the wild animals and to ensure that the provisions of above Notification is complied with, the Forester, Bhadudih, Jamshedpur issued a closure notice to the appellant vide letter dated 5.11.2012, whereby the appellant has been directed to close the brick kiln forthwith, otherwise action would be taken against him under the provisions of Wild Life Protection Act.

4. Challenging the said notice, the appellant filed the writ petition. In the writ petition, the appellant filed an Interlocutory Application being I.A. No. 5232 of 2013, claiming for stay of the impugned letter no.29 dated 5.11.2012 and the same was disposed of on 4.12.2013 holding that any interim order passed would tantamount to declaring the said order as bad and illegal at the initial stage without hearing writ petition on merit.

5. Being aggrieved by the dismissal of the Interlocutory Application, the appellant has filed this Letters Patent Appeal.

6. When the Letters Patent Appeal came for hearing, the appellant is represented by the learned counsel-Mr.S.L.Agrawal and the respondent-State is represented by Mr.Ajit Kumar, learned Additional Advocate General, appearing along with Mr.Vikash 3. Kumar, learned JC to AAG.

7. The present Letters Patent Appeal is preferred against the dismissal of the Interlocutory Application. Admittedly, the main writ petition is pending before the learned Single Judge.

8. Since the main writ petition is pending, we are not inclined to go into the merits of the matter.

9. The Letters Patent Appeal is disposed of giving liberty to the appellant to raise all the contentions before the learned Single Judge in the pending writ petition.

10. We request the learned Single Judge to take up the writ petition at an early date.

(R. Banumathi, C.J.) ( P.P. Bhatt, J.) G.Jha