To

The Chairman

Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB)
Plot No 41, Opposite State Bank Of India,
Sri Kanakadurga Officers Colony, Gurunanak Road,
Auto Nagar, Vijayawada-520007, Andhra Pradesh

Copy to:

1. The Member Secretary, APPCB, Head Office, Vijayawada.
2. The Principal Secretary, Environment, Forests, Science & Technology Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati.
3. The Superintendent of Police, Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh.
4. The Chairperson, National Green Tribunal, Southern Zone, Chennai.

Subject: Urgent Representation – Corporate Harassment of a Bona Fide Environmental Complainant – Request for Institutional Intervention and Protection – Regarding.

Reference: Complaint dated 4th July, 2025, addressed to the Member Secretary, APPCB, regarding illegal effluent discharge by M/s Electrosteel Casting Limited, Srikalahasti, Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh.

Honourable Chairman Sir,

We write to you with a sense of urgency and deep concern, on a matter that has serious implications not only for one individual but for the entire architecture of environmental grievance redressal in Andhra Pradesh. What we bring to your attention today is a dangerous and disturbing trend: the use of police machinery by an industrial establishment against a young citizen who did nothing more than exercise his lawful right to complain to a statutory authority about environmental violations.

We respectfully submit that this is not merely an individual matter. It strikes...

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