THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SARATH WRIT PETITION No.4073 of 2014

ORDER:

Heard Sri M.S.Srinivasa Iyengar, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. S.Sravanthi, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents and perused the material on record.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner filed the present Writ Petition seeking to declare the impugned order No.D.O.Lr.No.188/APPCB/2012 dated 01.12.2013 issued by respondent No.2 demanding for a sum of Rs.7,71,000/- from the petitioner towards Corporate Social Responsibility (for brevity, “CSR”)/Enterprise Social Responsibility (for brevity, “ESR”) i.e., 0.2% contribution of the project cost by industrialists, as illegal and arbitrary.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner’s company is a reputed company engaged in the business of manufacture, supply and sales of Insulation products, having its plant at Kohir ‘X’ Road, Kaveli, Near Zaheerabad, Kohir Mandal, Medak District. The petitioner also obtained consent order from the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (now called “the Telangana Pollution Control Board” and for brevity, “PCB”) under the re