Order of the High Court of Rajasthan regarding installation of a petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line, 05/03/2025
Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of Deepak Acharya Vs Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited dated 05/03/2025.
The Rajasthan High Court has admitted a petition challenging installation of a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line. The NOCs to establish the retail outlet have been issued by the authorities without taking into consideration the fact that the site approved to establish the retail outlet is hardly 25 meters away from the cremation ground and at 18 meters distance, a high tension live of 11,000 KV is passing through, the HC noted. Further, the authorities did not adhere to the guidelines issued by the NGT, especially in respect of siting criteria of retail outlet and the location to establish the retail outlet has been approved in violation of the siting norms.
The stay order dated October 6, 2021 is made absolute, "however, if the motor spirit has been supplied and stored in the underground tanks, same is permitted to be lifted and it shall remain open for the HPCL to grant any alternative location to the concerned party.