B. R. ARORA, J.

( 1 ) PETITIONER No. 1 is a Public Limited Company which runs a textile mill at Pali Marwar. Petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 were its employees responsible for the management of the mill. The industrial effluent of the mill was being discharged in the Bandi river. On 11-5-84, the Water Pollution Board filed an application under Section 33 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 in the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pali against the petitioners expressing its grave apprehension that by reason of untreated disposal of sewerage and trade effluent which contain noxious poison and pollutting matter being discharged by the company in the Bandi river, it is likely to pollute the stream and wells in the area. It was, also, stated in the complaint that the company is discharging the trade/industrial effluent which contain sodium sulphate and other poisonous elements in the Bandi river without treating the industrial effluent and is, thus, contravening the provisions of Sections 24, 25 and 26 of the Act and by this discharge of effluent the problem of pollution of the water in the Bandi river, wells and the undergound water has been created. It