https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172896 A statutory power to declare an area as an air pollution control area remains exercisable even if no rules have been framed prescribing the manner of declaration. Section 19 authorises the State Government, after consultation with the State Board, to notify such an area in the Official Gazette, and the phrase "as may be prescribed" is not a condition precedent unless the statute expressly makes rule-making mandatory before the power can operate. Where rules exist, the notification must conform to them; where they do not, the notification mechanism under the Act continues to function and the absence of rules does not invalidate the declaration. en-us Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 12:19:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172896 A statutory power to declare an area as an air pollution control area remains exercisable even if no rules have been framed prescribing the manner of declaration. Section 19 authorises the State Government, after consultation with the State Board, to notify such an area in the Official Gazette, and the phrase "as may be prescribed" is not a condition precedent unless the statute expressly makes rule-making mandatory before the power can operate. Where rules exist, the notification must conform to them; where they do not, the notification mechanism under the Act continues to function and the absence of rules does not invalidate the declaration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172896