Ashok Kumar Mathur, CJ: This is a public interest litigation filed by one public spirited body known as Howrah Ganatantrik Nagarik Samity. In this public interest litigation number of issues have been raised with regard to maintenance of greenery of Howrah town and to take proper action by the respondents, including the Howrah Municipal Corporation to keep a proper ecological balance of the town and maintain proper cleanliness and not to permit pollution of the Hooghly river and many other reliefs were also sought.

2. The controversy traveled to the Apex Court and the Apex Court by its order dated 16th April, 1996 remitted this matter back to this Court before the Green Bench to take up the issues involved in the matter. In the present case the whole controversy has now been centered around maintenance of the water bodies which is considered to be essential for the health of Howrah town. Any disturbance to these water bodies is likely to disturb the ecological balance of the whole town. Therefore, we are concerned with regard to maintenance of the water bodies. From time to time number of orders were passed by this Court from 1996 till date with regard to maintenance of the