IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
CWP No. 9997 of 2008
Date of Decision: 15.07.2009
Mehar Singh ..Petitioner
versus
Union of India and others ..Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR,CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA
Present : None for the petitioner
Mr. O.S.Batalvi, Advocate
for respondent No.1
Mr. Rupinder Khosla, Addl. A.G. Punjab
for respondents No.2 and 3.
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T.S.Thakur, C.J. (Oral)
This petition has been filed in public interest. It prays for a
mandamus directing the respondents to erect a sign board showing the
direction of the road from Ropar to Nangal via Nurpur Bedi which
according to the petitioner is a newly constructed road and provides a
shorter road link between Ropar and Nangal cities.
When the matter came up for hearing before us on
16.12.2008, no one appeared for the petitioner nor was any copy of the
petition served upon M/S Batalvi and Madhu Dayal, Addl. Advocate
General, Punjab appearing for respondents No.1 to 3. Even today, no
one appears for the petitioner, although an adjournment slip has been
filed on the personal ground of counsel for the petitioner.
CWP No. 9997 of 2008 [2]
Keeping in view, however, the limited prayer which the
petitioner has made, namely a direction to the respondents to erect a
sign board, we consider it unnecessary to keep the present petition
pending on our board. The proper course in our opinion is to direct that
the Principal Secretary, PWD (B&R), Government of Punjab, shall treat
the writ petition as a representation from the petitioner for providing a
proper sign board showing the directions and the road distance from
Ropar to Nangal via Nurpur Bedi. Needless to say that if sign boards
are provided by any statutory or other Authority other than that under
the control of the State of Punjab, the Secretary shall take up the matter
with the concerned agency and have the same examined and appropriate
order on the subject passed expeditiously but not later than six months
from the date a copy of the order is received by the Secretary.
With the above observation, the petition is disposed off.
No costs.
A copy of the writ petition altogether a copy of this order
shall be forwarded to the Principal Secretary, PWD (B&R),
Government of Punjab, for compliance.
(T.S.THAKUR)
CHIEF JUSTICE
(KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA)
JUDGE
15.07.2009
‘ravinder’