Telangana HC adjourns Nizamabad mining cases by 3 weeks

A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday deferred by three weeks the hearing of a Public interest litigation against alleged illegal mining in Nizamabad challenging illegal quarrying carried out by M/s Geo Stone industries and another. 

The bench comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar is hearing PIL filed by Aleti Mallikarjun Reddy and another alleging that M/s Geo Stone Industries



is extracting 15 lakh cubic metres of rock as against the approved quantity of 9,280 cubic metres. Earlier, the bench noted that the Telangana State Pollution Control Boad had made a statement that it has initiated steps for the closure of the industry which is stated to be operating without environmental clearance. The bench granted three weeks to M/s Geo Stone Industries to file their reply.