Krishna Nagar and Kennedy Valley Welfare Association and various other residents of the area filed bunch petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the High Court of Madras seeking mandamus that the stone crusher and stone quarries operating in close vicinity to the residential area be directed to be closed.
Learned Single Judge of the High Court appointed an Expert Committee companysisting of Dr. S. Narayan, IAS.,
The Writ Appeals filed by the Quarry owners against the Judgment of the learned Single Judge to the extent that the ban so far as it related to the operation of quarries was reduced from 500 meters to 50 meters.
The learned Single Judge of the Madras High Court accepted the Report of the Committee and allowed the Writ Petition in the following terms.
Secretary to Government, Environment and Forests Departments, Madras, Mr. N.S. Tiwana, Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board and Mr. Desigavinayagam Pillai, Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to inspect the area and submit a Report.
This appeal by the residents of the locality are against the Judgement of the Division Bench.
