ARUNA MILLS PALI Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS bunch of writ petitions involves common issues for decision, thus, at the request of all the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the matter was heard finally and is being decided by this Judgment.

(2.) THE writ petitions, not only involves a challenge to the orders passed by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, but the further prayer is that the petitioner-industries should not be closed/shifted to the newly set up industrial areas, unless adequate infrastructure is provided by the RIICO.

(3.) LEARNED counsel appearing for the Pollution Control Board submitted that the Division Bench, in the case referred to above, having directed to set up an industrial area, exclusively for textile industries, within a period of six months, the industries existing at any place, other than industrial area, cannot be allowed to run, more so when they have not even taken consent order from the Rajasthan State Pollution Board for running their industries, therefore, running of the industries, in the present matter, is otherwise in violation of the provision of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act of 1974') therefore, apart from the decision of the Division Bench, even as per the Act of 1974 no petitioner-industry can be allowed to run, merely for the reason that they are connected with CETP. In fact, petitioner-industries have to shift to industrial area with proper set up of treatment plant of pollution to be discharged, so that no industry may cause pollution and, otherwise, the compliance of the judgment of this Court in the case of Mahaveer Nagar Vikas Samiti is to be made.