IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Orders reserved on Orders pronounced on

08.01.2020 18.08.2020 Dated : 18.08.2020 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice T.S.SIVAGNANAM and The Hon'ble Mrs.Justice V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN Writ Petition Nos.5756, 5764, 5771, 5772, 5773, 5774, 5776, 5792, 5793, 5801 and 21547 of 2019 and W.M.P.Nos.6575, 6590, 6596, 6598, 6602, 6628, 6630, 6703, 6634 of 2019 and W.M.P.SR No.102459 of 2019 W.P.No.5756 of 2019 :-

Vedanta Limited, Unit: Sterlite Copper, Rep., by its General Manager-Legal, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Madurai Bypass Road, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu-628 002. .. Petitioner -vs-

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep., by the Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Rep., by its Chairman, No.76, Mount Salai, Guindy, Chennai-600 032.

3.The District Collector, Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu.

4.Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Rep., by its Superintendent Engineer, (Presently, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company – TANGEDCO), Thoothukudi District.

5.Town Welfare Officer, Thoothukudi Corporation, Thoothukudi.

6.Director of Boilers, First Floor (South Wing), P.W.D. Office Compound, Chepauk, Chennai-600 005.

7.Joint Director, Industrial Safety and Health, Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Thoothukudi-628 003.

8.Director/DGP, Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services, No.17, Rukmani Lakshmipathi Salai, Egmore, Chennai-600 008.

9.Fatima 10.S.Raja

11.K.S.Arjunan, S/o.T.Seetharaman, District Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist), 16, Masilamanipuram 3rd Street, Thoothukudi-625 008.

12.Vaiko, General Secretary, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party, 12, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai, Egmore, Chennai-600 008. .. Respondents [RR9 to 12 are impleaded vide order dated 12.06.2019 made in W.M.P.Nos.9850, 9451, 8288 & 8848 of 2019 in W.P.No.5756 of 2019]

Prayer:- Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorari to call for the records in respect of the Impugned Order passed by respondent no.2 vide Proceeding No.T1/TNPCB/F.0212TTN/RL/W&A/2018 dated 12.04.2018 as arbitrary and illegal and quash the same.

W.P.No.5764 of 2019 :-

Vedanta Limited, Unit: Sterlite Copper, Rep., by its General Manager-Legal, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Madurai Bypass Road, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu-628 002. .. Petitioner -vs-

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep., by the Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Rep., by its Chairman, No.76, Mount Salai, Guindy, Chennai-600 032.

3.The District Collector, Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu.

4.Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Rep., by its Superintendent Engineer, (Presently, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company – TANGEDCO), Thoothukudi District.

5.Town Welfare Officer, Thoothukudi Corporation, Thoothukudi.

6.Director of Boilers, First Floor (South Wing), P.W.D. Office Compound, Chepauk, Chennai-600 005.

7.Joint Director, Industrial Safety and Health, Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Thoothukudi-628 003.

8.Director/DGP, Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services, No.17, Rukmani Lakshmipathi Salai, Egmore, Chennai-600 008.

9.K.S.Arjunan, S/o.T.Seetharaman, District Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist), 16, Masilamanipuram 3rd Street, Thoothukudi-625 008.

10.Vaiko, General Secretary, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party, 12, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai, Egmore, Chennai-600 008. .. Respondents [RR9 & 10 are impleaded vide order dated 12.06.2019 made in WMP Nos.9842 & 9371 of 2019 in W.P.No.5764 of 2019]

Prayer:- Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorari to call for the records in respect of the Impugned Order passed by respondent no.2 vide Proceeding No.T7/TNPCB/F.30921/2012/TTN/A-1 dated 29.03.2013 and quash the same as arbitrary and illegal.

W.P.No.5771 of 2019 :-

Vedanta Limited, Unit: Sterlite Copper, Rep., by its General Mana