M/S FARID COLONIZERS vs PUNJAB POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 153 CRM-M-27915-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 18.05.2026 M/s Farid Colonizers, Residential Colony namely ‘Farid Enclave’ and others ...Petitioner(s) VERSUS Punjab Pollution Control Board ...Respondent(s) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Vivek K. Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner(s). ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of complaint bearing No.COMA-39-2024 dated 25.04.2024 titled as ‘Punjab Pollution Control Board Vs. M/s. Farid Colonizers, Residential Colony through its Partners’ filed under Sections 43, 44 read with Section 47 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 for violation of Sections 24, 25, 26 thereof as well as the summoning order dated 25.04.2024 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Faridkot, whereby the petitioners have been summoned to face trial. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has raised an argument that the complaint in question has been lodged with respect to the inspection carried out in August-2023 whereas as per the conveyance, the petitioner was to operate the STP for a period of five