Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge

These petitions, involving identical questions of fact and law for adjudication and seeking almost identical reliefs in both petitions, are being decided by this common judgment.

In CWP No.10525 of 2025, initially prayers ‘A’ and ‘B’ were made. However, during the pendency of the petition, vide order dated 17.09.2025 passed in CMP No.14900 of 2025, amendment was allowed and prayer ‘B.1’ was also added. Accordingly, the substantive reliefs prayed for in this petition are as under:–

“A. Issue an appropriate writ to quash and set-aside the notification dated 29.04.2008 (Annexure P-2) as being bad in the eyes of law to the extent it put restrictions on Katha Bhatti using IBR Boiler for the reason that the same is discriminatory and against Article 14 & 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India.

B. Issue an appropriate writ to set-aside the decision of the 15th meeting of the SLC dated 04.07.2024 related to Agenda No.3 (Annexure P-9), and also the appeal order dated 30.04.2025 (Annexure P-11) taken by the Appellate Authority (Respondent No. 1), as being arbitrary and without jurisdiction.

B.1. Issue an appropriate writ or direction to quash and set-aside all the su