THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.

1. This writ petition is instituted as a 'Public Interest Litigation' bringing to the notice of this Court the pathetic situation of the people living in the limits of different Panchayats in the District of Raigarh; their life and health being exposed to multifarious challenges by industrial activities in that area. The Petitioner has produced different materials which would inspire due action.

2. We have heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner, the learned Assistant Solicitor General of India and the learned Additional Advocate General. We have the assistance of learned Amicus Curiae.

3. On 9.11.2017, after hearing the official Respondents through the learned Additional Advocate General and the learned Assistant Solicitor General, an order was issued by this Court to the following effect:

“The Petitioner has instituted this matter as a Public Interest Litigation pointing out that there are various industrial Establishments within the limit of different Panchayats in the district of Raigarh, the activities of which are injurious to the people at large. Materials are placed on record to show that the local inhabitants face multifarious cha