ORDER

1. Heard the learned Counsel for the parties.

2. The Original Application No.154/2022/EZ (Yodh BDR Thapa Vs. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited & Ors.) was filed by the Applicant therein alleging that the Respondent No.1, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), is setting-up a Petrol Depot on Plot No. 2242 which is adjacent to the plot of the Applicant being Plot No. 2254 and Plot No. 2242 is under the proprietorship of one Mr. Arjun Chhetri, proprietor of M/s Pankaj Fuel, which is stated to have been leased out to the Respondent No.1.

3. The allegation of the Applicant is that the said Petrol Depot is being set-up in violation of the Siting Criteria laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in its Circular dated 07.01.2020, copy of which has been filed as Annexure A-16 to the Original Application.

4. The case of the Applicant further was that as per the Siting Criteria laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in its Notification dated 07.01.2020, petrol pumps/new retail outlets shall not be located within a radial distance of 50 meters from the filling point/dispensing units/vent pipe whichever is nearest) from schools, hospitals and residential areas. Para