( 1 ) THESE orders shall govern the disposal of these 7 proceedings i. e. three main Petitions and four Civil Applications taken out thereunder. They present common questions to be deliberated upon and to be decided by us after hearing the learned counsels for the parties and after having the perusal of the reports being presented by the committee headed by Senior Counsel Shri Haroobhai Mehta. Special Civil Application No. 4694 of 1995 :

( 2 ) THIS petition has been taken out by the petitioner known as the Dyeing, Bleaching and Finishing Workers Union at Surat. Initially, the State of Gujarat, the GPCB, the Chief inspector, Factories, the Chief Inspector, Boilers, the Collector, Central Excise and customs, the Surat Municipal Corporation and the GIDC were the party respondents. Anyhow, under the orders dated September 4, 1995, the industrial units situated in and around Surat came to be impleaded as respondents No. 8 to 280.

( 3 ) IN this petition, the petitioner union seeks appropriate directions against the GPCB calling upon them to investigate into the large "scale-storm-drainage-water pollution" and the damage done in the environment by the industrial units popula