Mr. M.M. Kumar, ACJ.: - This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution seeks a direction to the official respondents for taking effective steps with regard to expansion of Stelco Industries Limited respondent No. 4 and for its re-allocation to some other alternative site. The primary grievance of the petitioner is that the said industrial unit has come within the residential area, is a source of noise and air pollution and also creating hurdle for the residents of the area.

2. Brief facts of the case are that Stelco Industries Limited respondent No. 4 was set up in the year 1977. At that point of time it was located far away from the township of Rampura Phul, District Bathinda. However, with the growth of population several residential colonies like Jawahar Nagar have developed in an around the area where the respondent No. 4 industry is located. It is pertinent to mention that the said industry manufactures ‘Cold Rolled Steel Strips’. According to the petitioner, when the industry was set up the area was not inhabited and there was no danger to the human beings. But now the position has changed. Several residential houses have come up in the vicinity of the ind