VINEET KUMAR MATHUR Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A letter written by Sri Vineet Kumar Mathur pointing out the pollution caused in the river Gomti and its causes was treated as a writ petition by this Court and orders passed from time to time. Mohan Meakins Breweries is said to be one of the industries polluting the river. It is not necessary to refer to the various orders passed in this matter from time to time. It would be sufficient to refer to the order made on January 15, 1993 which reads as under:

(2.) Inasmuch as Mohan Meakins did not remove the deficiencies in its effluent treatment plant by 21st March, 1993, no consent was granted to it by the Pollution Control Board. It stopped functioning from Ist April, 1993 onwards. The letter dated March 31, 1993 addressed to Mohan Meakins by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (at Pages 422-425 of the record) states that in the circumstances stated therein, consent cannot be granted to Mohan Meakins under the Water (Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (for short, the 'Water Act').

(3.) On April 2, 1993, Mohan Meakins addressed a letter to the Pollution Control Board (P.C.B.) stating that they have since complied with the order of this Court and, therefore, the consent may now be granted to them under the Water Act. Before we refer to the orders passed on this application, we may refer to some other developments which have taken place in the meanwhile.