JUDGMENT

Delivered by Justice Smt. Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member

1. The captioned appeal is directed against the order in Appeal No. 80 of 2019 passed by the Appellate Authority, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on 25.02.2020 and consequently directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to enforce its closure and disconnection of electricity by order dated 06.12.2019.

2. The 3^rd respondent is a tannery, which has been discharging smoke and stink thereby polluting the air causing impact on the environment. They were also dumping hazardous chemicals through public drainage system in the Melakottaiyur Lake thus polluting the drinking and ground water. The toxic effluents and hazardous chemicals that are let into the Melakottaiyur Lake has contaminated the ground water by percolation.

3. The appellant also has alleged noise pollution from the tannery. Yet another objection raised by the appellant was that the 3^rd respondent tannery is situated within the prohibited site notified by the Archaeology Department of Tamil Nadu and it is on the State highway within 200 meters away from the lake. The further allegation is that the 3^rd respondent, tannery has been functioning without