(1.) The above writ petitions are materially connected in respect of the consent to be issued by the Pollution Control Board, and the petitioner is also one and the same. Therefore, I heard them together and propose to deliver this common judgment.
(2.) In W.P.(C) No.4756 of 2014, petitioner is seeking a direction to the 1st respondent to process the application for consent filed by the petitioner pursuant to Ext.P5 judgment passed by the Water Appellate Authority, Thiruvananthapuram in Appeal No.18/2013 dated 10.10.2013, and other consequential reliefs.
(3.) W.P.(C) No.29940 of 2014 is filed seeking to quash Ext.P7 consent issued by the 3 rd respondent to the extent it incorporates a condition in paragraph 5.1 that the coagulated solidified rubber shall be used as raw material in the factory and which shall be procured from the units giving serum/skim latex, and the serum/skim latex as such shall not be processed at the factory.