HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2344 of 2026 Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioner seeking to question the operation of the brick-kilns - respondents no. 5 to 8. 2. Instructions have been produced on behalf of the Pollution Control Board inter alia indicating that all the four brick-kilns are working under Consent to Operate and the allegations made regarding the use of fuel by the said brick-kilns are factually incorrect. 3. Counsel for the petitioner attempted to question the grant of Consent to Operate. 4. Once the industries are working since the years 1997, 2011, 2002 and 2000, as indicated in the instructions, the plea sought to be raised, cannot be countenanced. 5. The petition has no substance, the same is therefore, dismissed. October 8, 2026 AHA/Jyotsana Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sachin Kumar Sharma Counsel for Respondent(s) : S.P. Singh (A.S.G.I.) with Vivek Kumar Singh, Santosh Kumar Singh, Jagdish Pathak (S.C.) (Kshitij Shailendra, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ) Bhuvnesh Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Union of India and 7 others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- AFZAL HUSAIN ABBASI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad