M/S Anil Ent Udyog Lucknow Thru Proprietor Sushil Kumar Chandani v. State of U.P. Thru Addl. Chief Secy. Environment Forests and Climate Change Lucknow and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Brick kiln operator (M/S Anil Ent Udyog Lucknow) challenges UPPCB notice dated 17.04.2023 (Chief Environmental Officer, Circle5), environmental-compensation order dated 27.09.2023 for Rs.7,50,000/-, and attachment order dated 13.06.2025 halting business; Court grants benefit of judgment dated 17.07.2025 in Writ-C No.4816 of 2024 on environmental compensation; notice/order found to spell out no reason of statutory violation and barred from obstructing fresh CTO application after lapse of CTO on 30.09.2024; attachment order set aside; petition disposed of; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; coram Attau Rahman Masoodi and Subhash Vidyarthi; decided 28.7.2025.
What did the court decide?
Attachment order dated 13.06.2025 set aside; notice dated 17.04.2023 and order dated 27.09.2023 declared incapable of prejudicing consideration of a fresh CTO application (benefit of the 17.07.2025 judgment in Writ-C No.4816 of 2024 granted on environmental compensation); petitioner left free to apply afresh for a CTO.