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JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR, D. Y. CHANDRACHUD
Jaghbir Singh – Appellant
Versus
P. K. Tripathi, Chief Secy. , Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Jagdish Singh Khehar, CJI.
The fact of there being large scale unauthorised industrial activities in Delhi, in residential areas, prompted this Court to entertain a number of writ petitions filed in public interest. The first final order, in this behalf, came to be filed in M.C.Mehta v. Union of India and others, (2004) 6 SCC 588. The operative part of the order passed by this Court is extracted hereunder:
"69. In conclusion, having regard to the aforesaid, we issue the following directions:
1. All industrial units that have come up in residential/non-conforming areas in Delhi on or after 1-8-1990 shall close down and stop operating as per the following schedule:
(a) Industrial units pertaining to extensive industries (`F' category) - within a period of four months.
(b) Industrial units pertaining to light and service industries (Categories `B' to `F') - within five months.
(c) Impermissible household industries (Category `A') - within six months.
(d) 6000 industrial units on waiting list for allotment of industrial plots - within 18 months.
2. The Central Government is directed to finalise the list of permissible household industries falling in Category `A' within a period of thre
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