Bombay High Court

TAVORA RESTAURANT PVT. LTD. REPRESENTED BY ADITYA TAVORA AND ANRversusGOA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD THR ITS MEMBER SECRETARY AND 2 ORS

Disposal: Withdrawn

Holding

No substantive holding was made as the petition was withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioners, TAVORA RESTAURANT PVT. LTD. and others, filed a writ petition seeking the quashing of two directions issued by the Goa State Pollution Control Board under Section 31(A) read with Section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. The directions dated 20 July 2026 and 6 August 2026 were later revoked by the Board. Upon the revocation, the petitioners moved to withdraw the petition. The Court granted leave to withdraw and disposed of the petition as withdrawn, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the parties' contentions. Consequently, no substantive ruling on the validity of the directions was made.

Issues considered

Whether the directions issued by the Goa State Pollution Control Board under Section 31(A) read with Section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 should be quashed.

Legislation cited

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 — s. 21, 31(A)

Subjects

Air Pollution
Environmental Law
Section 31(A)
Section 21
Petition withdrawn
High Court of Bombay at Goa

Judgment

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Meena


             IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA

                   WRIT PETITION NO.847 OF 2026

TAVORA RESTAURANT PVT. LTD.
REPRESENTED BY ADITYA TAVORA
AND ANR                                               ... PETITIONERS

Versus

GOA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
THR ITS MEMBER SECRETARY AND 2 ORS...                   RESPONDENTS

Mr. S. S. Kantak, Senior Advocate with Ms. Neha Kholkar, Advocate for
the Petitioners.

Ms. Maria Correia, Additional Government Advocate for the Goa State
Pollution Control Board.

Mr. Ram hakkar, Advocate for the Respondent No.3.

                     CORAM:- VALMIKI MENEZES &
                                AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, JJ.
                     DATED :- 23RD SEPTEMBER, 2026
P.C.:


1.       Relief sought in this petition was for quashing directions bearing
No.12/2026-PCB/3160941/G00021068/Tech/9753 dated 20.07.2026
and directions bearing No.1/25/25-PCB/Tech/11768 dated 06.08.2026.


2.       Learned Counsel have placed on record the revocation of the
aforementioned two directions issued under Section 31(A) r/w Section
21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. In view


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                         of the revocation of the impugned orders, nothing further survives in this
                         petition. Consequently, and on instructions, the learned Senior Advocate
                         for the Petitioners seeks leave to withdraw this petition. Leave granted.


                         3.      Petition stands disposed of as withdrawn.


                         4.      All contentions of the parties are left open. We have not gone into
                         the rival contentions of the parties and have not expressed any opinion
                         on them.




                         AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J                               VALMIKI MENEZES, J.




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                                                       22nd September, 2026
Signed by: MEENA VISHAL BHOIR
Designation: Private Secretary
Date: 24/09/2026 15:37:57

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