JUDGMENT :

N. NAGARESH, J.

1. W.P. (C) No. 41275/2018 has been filed by two industrial companies seeking to set aside Exts.P3 and P4 integrated consent issued by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board to the extent they restrain operation of furnace of the industrial units from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. W.P. (C) No. 4576/2019 has been filed by two permanent residents of Kanjikode in Palakkad District challenging Exts.P40 and P41 integrated consents issued to the petitioners in W.P. (C) No. 41275/2018 in its entirety. Since both these writ petitions relate to the alleged pollution caused by the petitioner companies in W.P. (C) No. 41275/2018, they are being heard and disposed of together. Parties are referred to in this judgment, as they are arrayed in W.P. (C) No. 41275/2018, for convenience.

2. The facts revealed from the pleadings show that M/s. Paragon Steels Private Limited and M/s. S.M.M Steel Re-Rolling Mills Private Limited, the petitioners in W.P. (C) No. 41275/2018, are running steel re-rolling mills in the Industrial Development Area, Kanjikode in Palakkad District. The units were established in the year 1995 and 1996. Those units were originally run by one Mr. M. Paramasivam. Con