PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 367 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:102625-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 367 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashish Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sudheer Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- Anil Kumar Singh, S.C. Jagdish Pathak, J. N. Maurya, Ranjeet Singh, Saurabh Kesarwani for Mehul Khare Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. Petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking direction against respondent No. 5 from operating the brick kiln on Gata No. 325, village Raghuvanshpur Urf Reruaa, Tehsil Soraon, District Prayagraj. 2. Instructions have been produced by the respondents, inter alia, indicating grant of NOC by the Pollution Control Board on 14.03.2024 till the period 31.07.2026 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (for short, 'the Water and Air Act'). 3. Counsel for the petitioner made submissions that the permission granted is contrary to the guidelines issued in this regard. 4. For questioning the grant of permission/NOC, the petitioner has to take appropriate proceedings in accordance wit