IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH



             Civil Writ Petition No.13651 of 2013 (O&M)
                  DATE OF DECISION: July 01, 2013


Gurdayal Singh and others
                                                            .....Petitioners
                                 versus

State of Haryana and others
                                                          .....Respondents



CORAM:-     HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE
            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, JUDGE


Present:    Mr.R.S. Mamli, Advocate for the petitioners
                  ..

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE: (Oral)

1. The petitioners are aggrieved by the construction of a poultry farm near their village contrary to norms for which they made representation dated 10.6.2013 (Annexure P-2). It appears that this representation in turn persuaded the Haryana State Pollution Control Board to issue notice dated 13.6.2013 (Annexure P-6) to the owners of the poultry farm under Section 33-A of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 31-A of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. However, the fate of this notice is not known and the grievance of the petitioners is that the construction is going unabated.

2. We are, thus, of the view that the Haryana State Pollution Control Board must dispose of the notice already issued to the alleged CWP-13651-2013 -2- offending party dated 13.6.2013 expeditiously so as not to make the relief sought for by the petitioners infructuous.

3. Since sufficient time has elapsed, we direct the State Pollution Control Board to dispose of the notice dated 13.6.2013 within a maximum period of 15 days from today and communicate to the petitioners the result of the same.

4. The writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid directions.

5. Copy of this order be given dasti to learned counsel for the parties under the signatures of the Principal Secretary (Judicial)- cum-Joint Registrar of the Bench. Learned State counsel to ensure due compliance of the instant order.

                                            ( SANJAY KISHAN KAUL )
                                                 CHIEF JUSTICE



July 01, 2013                            (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH)
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