PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 67 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 67 of 2026 Hem Nath Saroj And 4 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Paryavaran Van And Jalvayu Parivartan Vibhag Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vinod Kumar Singh, Sadhana Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Ashok Kumar Verma Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard Shri Vinod Kumar Singh, learned Counsel for the petitioners, Shri Ashok Kumar Verma, learned Counsel for the U.P. Pollution Control Board and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. Shri Ashok Kumar Verma, learned Counsel for the U.P. Pollution Control Board says that so far as noise pollution is concerned, it is the authority as defined in Rule 2(c) of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 who is competent to take action in the matter as per the aforesaid Rules, 2000 which have been made under Environment Protection Act, 1986. He has placed before us a notification dated 11.01.2018 and 25.01.2018 issued under the aforesaid Rules, 2000 by the State of U.P. copy of which has been provided to the petitioners' C