The High Court · 2025

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Wnt, Direction or an Order more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more padiculariy in the nature cf a Writ of Mandamus and Declai'atron, deciaring the action of the Respondent Nos. 1 to 6 in permitting the establishment and ongoing construction of an ethanol manufacturing factory by Gayathri Renewable Fuels and Allied Pvt. Ltd. at site Survey Numbers 17411, 174lAl, 174lAl1 , 1741A2, and 17418, of Pedda Dhanwada village, in close proximity to several residential villages including Pedda Dhanwada, Chinna Dhanwada, Pedda Thandrapadu, Chinna Thandrapadu, Vemsompuram, tMandoddi, Nasanoor, Pacharla, and others in Jogulamba Gadwal District, wlthout conducting a mandatory Environmental lmpact Assessment (ElA), without holding public consultations as required under environmental laws, and without securing statutory environmental and public health safeguards as arbitrary, illegal, malafide, and violative of the Right to Life under Article 21 of lhe Constitution of lndia and consequently direct the Respondent Authorities no 1 to 6 permanently halt the ongoing construction and prevent any future operation of the said ethanol factory at the proposed site, and to ensure that no industrial project of such nature shall be undertaken in close proximity to residential and ecologically sensitive areas without strict compliance of environmental laws, public participation and impact assessments. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant an interim stay of all construction, establishment, or operational activities pertaining to the proposed ethanol factory at Pedda Dhanwada Village, Rajoli l\/andal, Jogulamba Gadwal District, Telangana, undertaken by the Respondent Nos. 1 to 6 pending disposal of the present Writ Petition. Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI P.SURESH BABU, (PARTY lN PERSON) - Counsel for the Respondents No"l : GP FOR FORESTS c o u n s e r ro r t h e Re s po n o ",, * iir"' ; If 6?ltJltl+,t?,-S^i+tBl B3?-", CounsetfortheRespondentNo.3:Ms.T.SWETCHA,AGPFORREVENUE CounselfortheRespondentNo.4:SRIM.SRIKANTHREDDY'SCFoRTcllc Counsel for the Respondent No.S : SRI MUKHERJEE' rep" SRI GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR, DY.SO.GEN Counsel for the ResPondent No.6 : The Court made the following: ORDER. THE HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE SUJOY PAUL AND THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA WRIT PETITION (PILI No.55 of 2o25 ORDER (Per the Hon'ble the Acting Chlef Justice Sujog Paul): Sri P. Suresh Babu, party-in-person/ petitioner; Sri Zeeshan Adnan Mahmood, Iearedn Standing Counsel for Telangana State Pollution Control Board, for respondent I ( No.2;Ms. T. Swetcha, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, for respondent No.3 and Sri M. Srikanth Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, for respondent No.4 and Sri B. Mukherjee, learned counsel representing Sri Gadi Praveen Kumar, learned Deputv Solicitor Generai of India, for respondent No.5 2 Party in person, after arguing for some time, seeks to withdrar.r' the present Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with liberty to obtain necessa{/ documents uncler the Right to Information Act, 2005 in relation to conducl. of Environmental Impact Assessment and mar-rdatory public consultation etc. After getting this information, it is prayed that liberty may be granted to file a fresh PII. 3 The other side has no objection t 7 4 Accordingly, this W.P.(PIL) 1S dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty prayed for' No costs' Interlocutory applications, if any pending' shall also stand closed. //TRUE coPY// SD/. P.PADMANABHA REDDY DEPUTYRS,.Pf,RAR To, sEcTlbN OFFICER 1. The Principal Secretary, Environment, Forests-, Science. and Technology Department Tetangana Secretariat, St;i; ;ii;i;;gana, Hyderabad _ sooo2i 2. The Chairman. Telangana State pollution Control Board (TSpCB). P aryavaran Btravan,R-S.lnorrtr[iE""tri#l'n!innugrr, Hyderabad _ 5000 1 8 3' The District coflector, Joguramba Gadwar District, coflectorate comprex, 4. The Chairman ancl lVlanaging^ Director, Telangana State lnfrastructure Coroorarion _ttSL,"qf f_ti-'"'Otf,' Efor, parisrama Basheerbagh, Hydi:rabad _ 500004' Gadwal - 509.1 25,Telangana. lndustrial Bhavan, 5 The -Ministry of . Environment, Forest and crimate change (MoEFandcc). of t ndia, tndira earyaraiin Arrrirrn]'.1or. Bagh Rbad, NewDethil fi'r.%3r"", 6 Il_" M:r:gsing Director. Qayathri_ Renewabre fuers and Ailied pvt.Ltd rhe Ethanot Factorv proiect Site. at puJoJ d[r"n*li, ViiLg",.ii"joil.-Iil:;;; Jogutamba Gad'wat District,Tetania# sOST28'.'"" 7. One CC to SRI P.SURESH BABU, Advocate. [OPUC] u to GP FoR FoRESTS, High court for the State of retangana 9. ONE CC tO SRI ZEESHAN ADNAN IMAHMOOD, (SC fOr TS POIIUIiON CONITOI t'#,:r,t"t Board). [OpUC] REVENUE, Hish court ror the state or reransana ar 'o lydo"Pr?:ot"tfr?rion 1'1 . One CC to SRt M.SRTKANTH REDDY, SC FOR TSilC. [OPUC] 12.One CC to SRI GAD| PRAVEEN KUMAR, (Deputy Solicitor General of tndia) High Court for the State or reransanf ii'ilyb;;5;;t: topucl

13. Two CD Copies. i BSK TKS . -.:. .1 HIGH COURT DATED:0910712025 ORDER WP(PIL).No.55 of 2025 l l4 .:\.-\/.r \\ O4 SEPltr DrsMrssrNG THE WR|T pETtTtON (ptL) AS WITHDRAWN WITHOUT COSTS 0q