Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:10688-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1615 of 2025 Petitioner :- M/S Diamond Int Udyog Bijnore Thru Partner Kudrattulla Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Environment Forests And Climate Change And Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Saryu Prasad Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Ashok Kumar Verma Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner has applied for establishing an industrial unit for which grant of consent to establish (CTE)/ consent to operate (CTO) is a condition precedent for establishing/ operating industrial activity. 3. The petitioner admittedly has applied on 20.01.2025 for the issuance of CTE/CTO. The statutory provision whereunder the application has been filed provides a maximum period of four months within which such a permission is to be considered and finalized by the competent authority in accordance with law. The statutory period has yet not expired, therefore, it cannot be said that the petitioner has a genuine grievance as on date. 4. Be that as it may. The competent authority is directed to finalize the grant of CTE/CTO in favour of the petitioner by following statutory mandate of time within which the application is to be considered and finalized. 5. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (Subhash Vidyarthi, J.) (A.R. Masoodi, J.) Order Date :- 18.2.2025 Pradeep/- Digitally signed by :- PRADEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench