JUDGMENT

(Prayer in W.P.No.34307 of 2022:-Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorari calling for the records of the 3rd respondent in proceedings No.T2/TNPCB/F.24093/Brick kiln/82/CBN/2019, dated 25.07.2022 and all proceedings in furtherance thereof, including but not limited to the order passed by the 3rd respondent in Proceedings No.T2/TNPCB/F.24093/Brick Kiln/82/CBN/ Directions/2019, dated 06.12.2022 and to quash the same as arbitrary, unjust and illegal.)

Common Order:

V. Lakshminarayanan. J.

1. These writ petitions challenge the orders passed by the Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). The orders are more or less identical and hence, all the writ petitions are disposed of by this common order.

2. The facts leading to the filing of the writ petitions are: The petitioners were involved in the manufacture of bricks. They were conducting their business in Coimbatore District. It is on record that none of the petitioners had obtained consent to establish or consent to operate their brick kilns under the relevant environmental statutes. Complaints were received against the illegal brick kilns being operated at Thad