IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (PIL) No. 6602 of 2023 Alok Joy Paul, son of Benjamin Das, R/o Kurthipara, behind Raj High School, P.O. & P.S.-Pakur, District-Pakur … … Petitioner Versus 1. The Union of India, through the Secretary, Ministry of Coal, New Delhi 2. The Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi 3. Central Pollution Control Board, through its Member Secretary, New Delhi 4. Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Water Resources, through its Member Secretary, New Delhi 5. The State of Jharkhand 6. The Secretary, Department of Environment and Forest, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 7. Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 8. Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, through its Chairman, Ranchi 9. Director Mines, Department of Industrial Mines and Geology, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 10. The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur 11. The District Mining Officer, Pakur 12. The Divisional Forest Officer, Pakur 13. West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited, through its Chairman and Managing Director, Kolkata (West Bengal) 14. BGR Mining and Infra Limited, through its Project Manager, Hyderabad (Telangana) … … Respondents ----- CORAM HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner: Md. Faruque Ansari, Advocate Md. Asadul Haque, Advocate For the U.O.I.: Mr. Anil Kumar, A.S.G.I. For the State: Mr. Piyush Chitresh, A.C. to A.G. ----- 06/07.07.2025 1. The grievance of the petitioner raised in the writ petition is that the respondent nos. 13 and 14 are doing illegal mining on the forest land. 2025:JHHC:18039-DB 2 2. Since the petitioner has already given representations vide Annexure-12, 14 & 17 to the respondent nos. 11, 6 & 10 respectively in that regard, the said respondents shall dispose of the said representations within eight weeks and communicate to the petitioner. 3. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. (M. S. Ramachandra Rao, C.J) Satish/Vikas/- (RAJESH SHANKAR, J)