Ananda Saikia and 4 Ors v. Noren Saikia and 9 Ors

ORDER Date : 05-04-2023 Heard Mr. D. Gogoi, learned counsel for the applicants; Mr. B. Islam, learned counsel representing opposite party nos. 1 to 3; Ms. M. Barman, learned Junior Government Advocate, Assam for the opposite party nos. 5, 6 & 7; and Mr. S. Baruah, learned Standing Counsel, PCB for the opposite party no. 8.

¶2The applicants have been impleaded as the party respondent nos. 8 to 12 in the Page No. 4/4 connected writ petition, W.P.[C] no. 3635/2018. The writ petition has been preferred by the opposite party nos. 1 to 3 as the writ petitioners, to challenge an order dated 02.04.2018 passed by the opposite party no. 5 i.e. the Deputy Commissioner, Charaideu whereby the construction of a tea factory undertaken by the opposite party nos. 1 to 3 – the writ petitioners have been stopped. In the writ petition, an interim order passed on 23.01.2019 whereby the impugned order dated 02.04.2018 had been stayed until further orders.

¶3The applicants have projected that the tea factory has been established in a plot of land classified as agricultural land, by converting the same into industrial land without following due procedure. Because of the operation of the interim order, the tea factory is running at present and as a result, the nearby residents including the applicants, have been adversely affected due to running of the tea industry, which according to the applicants, is polluting the environment.

¶4This interlocutory application has been preferred by the applicants seeking early hearing of the writ petition, W.P.[C] no. 3635/2018.

¶5Rule has been issued in the writ petition on 23.01.2019. The learned counsel for the parties have submitted that since rule has been issued in the writ petition, the writ petition may be heard since exchange of pleading is complete.

¶6Having considered the issues involving in the writ petition, W.P.[C] no. 3635/2018, the instant interlocutory application seeking early hearing in the writ petition is allowed.

¶7The office to list the writ petition, W.P.[C] no. 3635/2018 for hearing in the 4th week of May, 2023 on a date to be fixed by the office. JUDGE Comparing Assistant

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