Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge

Present petition has been preferred as a Public Interest Litigation by Pradhan Gram Panchayat Sayanh of District Mandi, seeking direction to respondents/Authorities to take action against respondents No.10 and 11 i.e. DAV Public School, Dadour and its Principal in terms of Notification dated 18th August, 2022 (Annexure P- 2) issued by the State Government and to impose heavy penaltyP upon them for causing loss to State Exchequer as well as ecology.

2 Allegation against respondents No.10 and 11 is that they have started digging 70 feet pit in the middle of the Kansa Khad near Kansa Bridge in District Mandi for constructing a huge wall which would result into diversion of flow of Kansa Khad resultantly causing flood to villages Sayanh, Naki, Dadotur and Tawan, Tehsil Balh, District Mandi and also causing damage to Government High School, Government Senior Secondary School, Dispensary, Panchayat Bhawan and houses of thousands of people of above referred villages and also to two temples i.e. Shani Temple and Shiv Temple.

3 According to petitioner, despite approaching and making the complaints against respondents No.10 and 11 about their illegal construction of hu