2025:JHHC:11423 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (C) No.2888 of 2008 ------ Union of India, through General Manager, South Eastern Railway, through Shri Om Prakash Chaube, son of J.N. Choube, Divisional Railway Manager, resident of D.R.Ms Quarter, Railway Colony, P.O.-Adra, P.S.-Kashipur, Adra, District Purulia, West Bengal .... .... …. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Jharkhand 2. Appellate Authority, Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board cum Member, Board of Revenue through its Secretary, Management Training Institute Building, H.E.C. Ltd., at Dhurwa, P.O. Dhurwa, P.S. Dhurwa, District-Ranchi. 3. Jharkhand State Pollution Control through its Secretary, Management Training Institute Building, H.E.C. Ltd., at Dhurwa, P.O. Dhurwa, P.S. Dhurwa, District-Ranchi 4. Shri Santosh Kumar Agrawal, S/o Late Mouji Ram Agrawal, residing at Station Road, Near Mall Godown P.O. Bhaga, P.S. Jharia, District- Dhanbad .... .... .... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY For the Petitioner : Mr. Mahesh Tewari, Advocate Mr. Mukesh Kumar Upadhyay, Advocate For the State : Mr. Neil Abhijit Toppo, A.C. to G.A. V ------ Order No.14 / Dated : 15.04.2025 This writ petition is preferred by the Union of India challenging the order passed by Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board in which the State of Jharkhand has been impleaded as a party. A Public Interest Litigation was filed by respondent no.4 impleading Railways and Union of India as a party for a direction to restrain, to check pollution and to ensure a good environment for the people residing in the adjoining area of Bhaga Railway Station. Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board suggested some active measures to be followed in the PIL hearing the matter. In compliance to the order passed in PIL, Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board issued certain directives on 18.11.2006 which is under challenge in the instant writ petition. It is argued by the learned counsel on behalf of petitioner that all directives have now been complied with which are as under: - 1- eky xksnke dh oÙkZeku pkjnhokjh dh Å¡pkbZ c<+kdj 20 QhV fd;k tk;A 2025:JHHC:11423 2 2- eky xksnke dh pkjnhokjh ds fdukjs-fdukjs l?ku o`{kkjksi.k fd;k tk,A 3- xqM~l ;kMZ esa ty fNM+dko dh O;oLFkk dh tk;A 4- Hkkjh okguks dk <qykbZ ifjogu foHkkx ds fu;eksa ds vuqlkj gksA 5- orZeku VªkUliksVZ O;oLFkk dks cny dj cUn daVsuj ls eky dh <qykbZ dh O;oLFkk izkjEHk dh tk;A In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, there is no reference of any further violation of norms by the said Board. Writ Petition, is accordingly, disposed of. Interlocutory Application, if any, is disposed of. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) Anit