Prabhat Potdar v. State of U.P. Thru Prin.Secy. Deptt. of Environment Forests and Climate Change Lko and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), WRIT - C No. 1262 of 2025, disposed of on 10.2.2025 (Masoodi + Vidyarthi, JJ.). Petitioner Prabhat Potdar challenged notice dated 11.09.2023 issued purportedly under the Water Pollution Act, 1974 as without jurisdiction and without just cause; reply/objections filed 14.12.2023 were pending. Court directed the Competent Authority to decide the objections within two months of production of certified copy of the order and allowed supplementation of the pending representation. Keywords: show cause notice, Water Pollution Act 1974, jurisdictional challenge, directions to competent authority, two-month timeline.
What did the court decide?
Directions to the Competent Authority to consider and decide the petitioner's objections arising out of the notice dated 11.09.2023 expeditiously, within two months from production of the certified copy of the order; petitioner permitted to supplement his pending representation with all available pleas.