1. Heard Mr. K.N. Bhattacharji, learned senior counsel assisted by Ms. S. Chakraborty, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as Mr. Samarjit Bhattacharji, learned counsel appearing for the Tripura State Pollution Control Board.

2. All these writ petitions, being W.P. (C) No. 1155 of 2016 [Abani Mohan Das vs. Tripura State Pollution Control Board and Another], W.P. (C) No. 1157 of 2016 [Sidhartha Sarkar Esh vs. Tripura State Pollution Control Board and Another], W.P. (C) No. 1158 of 2016 [Pranab Chanda vs. State of Tripura and Another], W.P. (C) No. 1159 2016, [Narul Haque Talukdar vs. Tripura State Pollution Control Board and Another] W.P. (C) No. 1210 of 2016 [Md. Fakar Uddin vs. Tripura State Pollution Control Board and Another], W.P. (C) No. 1213 of 2016 [Lakshan Chatterjee vs. Tripura State Pollution Control Board and Others], W.P. (C) No. 1222 of 2016 [Sajal Ch. Deb vs. Tripura State Pollution Control Board and Others] and W.P. (C) No. 1223 of 2016 [Sati Tripura vs. Tripura State Pollution Control Board and Others] are consolidated for disposal by a common judgment inasmuch as the common order of closure dated 28.10.2016 [Annexure-R/19 to the