1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 111 OF 2006 Dist.: PUNE Madhav Shankar Ghate ...Petitioner Versus Municipal Corporation & Ors. ...Respondents Mrs. Padmini Ghote with Mr. Milind Hartalkar i/by M/s. Kiran Jain & Co. for the Petitioner Mr. R.G. Ketkar for Respondents No. 1 and 2 Mr. Nitin Dhumal for Respondent No. 3 Mrs. P.S. Cardoza, Assistant Government Pleader, for the State. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and A.P. BHANGALE, JJ. DATE: APRIL 30, 2008 P. C.:- Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. In this PIL, the main relief claimed is that the Court should constitute a Committee headed by an IIT Engineer, management personnel or by any other fit and proper person to suggest a scheme / rules / guidelines for the implementation of the standard norms / guidelines laid down by IRC / MOST for achieving the objective of good 2 quality roads permanently. 3. This case is pending for two years. Various orders have been passed. On the last occasion, the respondents had appointed a Committee, the constitution of which was opposed by the petitioner. Therefore, the Court asked the petitioner to suggest the names of two experts, who would be qualified to recommend the most appropriate method for road-building and allied matters. Till date, the petitioner has not suggested any names. The manner in which the roads have to be constructed and the way in which they have to be maintained is a specialist subject, and this Court would not be in a position to give directions to the Government as to what should be the method that should be adopted in road-building or road maintenance, since the Corporation has already appointed a Committee, and the petitioner has been given liberty to give names of two persons to such a Committee, therefore, we feel that the matter should get concluded in this Court. The petitioners may suggest two names of experts to the Corporation within a period of two months from today. As soon as those members are nominated by the petitioner, the Committee shall deliberate and take decisions on all issues which have been raised in this petition and frame a policy. If, within two months, two persons are not nominated by the 3 petitioner, the respondents are at liberty to proceed to finalise the report of the Committee. In any case, a policy shall be framed by the Corporation within a period of 9 months from today. The PIL is accordingly disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.P. BHANGALE, J.