Item No.1:-

BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI Wednesday, the 06^th day of August, 2025.

[Through Physical Hearing (Hybrid Option)]

Original Application No.97 of 2021 (SZ)

IN THE MATTER OF

1) Ravula Lingaswamy S/o. Yadaiaha, Aged 34 years, Anthammagudem Village, Pochampally Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, Telangana – 508 284.

2) Valluri Kumar S/o. Sattaiah, Aged 38 Years, Anthammagudem Village, Pochampally Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, Telangana – 508 284. 3) Ravla Srisailam S/o. Anjaiah, Aged 35 years, Anthammagudem Village, Pochampally Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, Telangana – 508 284. 4) Banda Kistaiah S/o. Mutyalu, Aged 42 years, Anthammagudem Village, Pochampally Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, Telangana – 508 284.

…Applicant(s)

Versus

1) Union of India Represented by its Secretary, Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Jorbagh, New Delhi – 110 003.

2) State of Telangana Rep. by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad – 500 022.

3) Telangana State Pollution Control Board Rep. by its Member Secretary A-3, Paryaravan Bhavan, Sanath Nagar Industrial Estate, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad – 500 018.

4) Agriculture Commissioner & Director Fathe Midan, Basheer Bagh Near Nizam College, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500 001.

5) District Collector Yadadri – Bhuvanagiri District, Bhuvanagiri, Telangana – 508 116. 6) Hazelo Lab Private Limited Rep. by its Plant Manager/In-charge Sy. No.242, 247, 248 & 249 of Anthammagudem Village, Pochampally Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, Telangana – 508 284.

...Respondent(s)

For Applicant (s): Mr. Shivang Singh and Ms. Mamatha Ralla.

For Respondent(s): Mrs. Me. Sarashwathy for R1.

Mrs. H. Yasmeen Ali for R2, R4 & R5.

Mr. T. Sai Krishnan for R3.

Mr. K.S. Viswanathan, Sr. Adv. a/w.

Mrs. T. Hemalatha for R6. Ms. N. Nathami for CPCB.

Judgment Reserved on: 01^st July, 2025.

CORAM HON’BLE Smt. JUSTICE PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA, JUDICIAL MEMBER HON’BLE Dr. SATYAGOPAL KORLAPATI, EXPERT MEMBER

J U D G E M E N T

Delivered by Smt. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member

1. The Applicants, who claimed to be residents of Anthammagudem Village and are aggrieved by the pollution caused by Respondent No.6 (M/s. Hazelo Lab Private Limited), a bulk drug industry, have filed the Original Application, raising certain environmental concerns.

2. Respondent No.6 (M/s. Hazelo Lab Private Limited)

which is situated in Anthammagudem Village, Pochampally Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, is alleged to be discharging untreated sewage/chemical water in the bore well dug inside the plant, causing pollution.

3. It is also alleged that the industry has expanded unauthorizedly without the required approvals from the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC)/ State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) - Telangana and the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TGPCB).

4. It is also stated that the industry had suffered various orders, including a stop production order, closure order, subsequent revocation order, etc. It is further stated that the undivided State of Andhra Pradesh and after the formation of Telangana State, the TGPCB had appointed a High-Level Committee to look into the pollution in a cluster of bulk drug industries at Pochampally and Choutuppal Mandals. Pursuant to the High-Level Committee’s recommendation, directions were issued to 45 industries only in vain. Thereafter, the Joint Committee formed by the Joint Collector, which had given certain recommendations that included a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD system for the treatment and reuse of the effluents and the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) member industries shall regularly send the effluents to the CETP. The industries were also directed to use scrubbers regularly for control of the odour problem and also develop greenbelts in the vacant lands. As these industries did not comply with the said recommendations, several complaints were made by the villagers, including the applicants, about the mass