Telangana High Court on Wednesday took exception to the style of functioning of some officials of Telangana State Pollution Control Board.
A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti, while hearing a writ petition filed by an industrial unit owner, observed that the working of the board was in a sorry state of affairs. The petitioner knocked the doors of the HC seeking a direction to quash a notice issued by the board. He contended that he had replied in detail to a show cause notice issued by the Joint Chief Environmental Engineer of TSPCB, D. Krupanand. But the officer stated that no reply was filed by the petitioner’s factory.
When the matter came up for hearing on Wednesday, the CJ sought to know why the joint chief environmental engineer stated that no reply was furnished by the petitioner despite the latter specifically filing it. Turning to Additional Advocate General Imran Khan, the CJ remarked that it called for drastic measures against the officials of TSPCB.
